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More than 400,000 newborns in India die within the first 24 hours of their birth each year.

Nowhere on planet earth are people happier, a new U.N. report claims, than in one of its coldest corners: Scandinavia.

Stocks may open higher as efforts for a diplomatic solution to the Syrian crisis intensified while China released more positive economic data.

The accused, who pleaded not guilty, were convicted on charges of rape and murder, and are likely to be sentenced on Wednesday.

Tensions between Hindus and Muslims have been simmering in Muzaffarnagar in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India.

The allegation, which follows a Brazilian media report that NSA snooped on state-run oil giant Petrobras, could hurt U.S.-Brazil ties.

Norway’s Conservative party swept into office on Monday, ousting the Labor Party in a landslide.

John Kerry's "unbelievably small" consequences for Syria, if they did not give up chemical weapons, inspired Twitter memes on Monday.

A growing number of Americans are strongly opposed to the possibility of a military strike against Syria, a new poll finds.

Thai Airways had two priorities Sunday night after one of its planes skidded off the runway: evacuate the passengers and cover up the logos.

Several counties in Iowa have given out weapons permits to the legally blind.

Obama says putting chemical weapons under international control could be a "breakthrough," and Reid calls off a vote.

Dennis Rodman is more concerned about his friendship with North Korean dictator Kim Jung-un than imprisoned American Kenneth Bae.

Intra-party struggles between the interventionists and isolationists in the GOP make the Syria question particularly tough for Republicans.

Blessed Marvelous Herve allegedly also lied about being in federal prison. Soon that won't be a lie; he's scheduled to be sentenced in November.

If the Syrian regime falls, what happens to British-born Asma Assad, the glamorous wife of the Syrian president?

Analysts say the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo won't do much for Japan's GDP, even if 3 trillion yen is injected into the economy over several years.

Authorities received calls about an altercation involving George Zimmerman and another person -- and a gun.

In Bucharest, 1,100 people have been bitten by stray dogs in just the first four months of the year.

The protesters rallying in Okmeydani, in support of 14-year-old Berkin Elvan, want police involved in the boy's injuries to be prosecuted.

Brazil's wave of demonstrations turned violent Saturday when police harshly repressed protests against the Independence Day parade.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has also demanded that Assad hand over his country’s entire stockpile of chemical weapons.

It's requesting the ability to publish data on the amount of national security letters it gets from the government.

Obama has argued so forcefully for military action in Syria that he may feel politically compelled to act even without Congress' approval.

The five counties that want to break off account for about 11 percent of Maryland’s population.

Deso Dogg, real name Denis Mamadou Cuspert, converted to Islam and is now known as Abu Talha al-Almani. It's unclear which rebel group he's aligned with in fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces.

Rumors visited by 5,000 visitors or are reposted more than 500 times could lead to three years in jail, according to new regulation.

As the U.S. Congress prepares to vote on authorizing force in Syria, the White House presses its case.

The vodka most people think of as Russian is produced in Latvia, complicating a boycott by LGBT activists.