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Beiji is located 130 miles north Baghdad and is home to Iraq's biggest oil refinery.

The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize may come down to Pope Francis, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden or Malala Yousufzai.

A tense standoff emerged Friday between pro-democracy protesters and counter-demonstrators who are accused of defending HK's government.

A late-night drunk driving stop ended with drones buzzing over Grand Forks.

The rise of Houthi rebels in Yemen threatens neighboring Gulf states and oil production -- and it could help al Qaeda.

The policy shift was announced after Vietnam's foreign minister, Pham Binh Minh, met U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington.

The two officials, who allegedly exchanged emails with pornographic content, were working under Gov. Tom Corbett, when he was Attorney General.

The Hong Kong neighborhood has been the scene of violent clashes between pro-democracy protesters and Chinese government sympathizers.

Beset by anti-Occupy critics, Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters have called on local police to protect them.

Protesters want democratic elections free from Chinese government interference in 2017.

The U.S. economy added 248,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate fell to 5.9 percent — a six-year low.

The North Korean capital is reportedly under lockdown, sparking speculation of a coup against Kim Jong Un or high-level defections.

Brazil's technical recession has become a central theme of its presidential election, along with falling investment and infrastructure woes.

More than 60,000 homes and 5,000 businesses in Gaza were leveled during Operation Protective Edge.

While the identities of the other two Americans have not been revealed, one of them is believed to be Jordan Matson from Wisconsin.

The police had arrested them shouting that they were being arrested on charges of “inciting violence” and “failure to obey.”

The ultimatum from protesters followed fighting Friday between activists and critics who said their businesses were suffering.

Hundreds took to the streets of the Syrian city of Homs Thursday in protest after a suicide bomber killed 47 children in a school.

The Jefferson County Board of Education had proposed for a history course that removes parts promoting civil disobedience.

A federal judge dismissed arguments from the DoJ that an open hearing could jeopardize national security.

The over-prescribing of painkillers is fuelling nearly 17,000 annual deaths from overdoses in the United States, says the CDC.

Footage purports to show fighters from the Islamic State group in combat with Kurdish forces defending the Syrian city of Kobani.

Ashoka Mukpo, a cameraman for NBC News, tested positive for the Ebola virus. He and the rest of the crew will be flown back to the U.S.

The decision comes amid increasing concerns over the number of Australians fighting for the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

Abortion rights advocates have criticized the ruling, which will require many of the state's abortion clinics to cease operations.

The finding of gross negligence in the 2010 Gulf oil spill increased the company's potential liabilities by about $18 billion.

As the government agrees to meet with them, protesters have struggled to present a unified front and course of action.

The Navy has called off the search for a Marine airman who bailed out of a plane.

The Centers for Disease Control held an hour-long Twitter chat to answer the public's questions about the Ebola outbreak.