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A suicide bomber targeted the funeral of a local businessman in northern Pakistan, killing 30, including one local legislator.

In an attempt to cut back on pollution, China has launched its first carbon exchange in the city of Shenzhen, with six more to follow by 2014.

Simon Parkes, 53, a city councilor from the small seaside town of Stakesby, England, described several alien encounters he has experienced including fathering a child called Zarka with an alien called the Cat Queen.

A critic of Pakistan's new government points to officials wearing luxe accessories while the nation's workers make an average of about $1,257 a year.

The Ministry of Defense announced around 5,000 British soldiers are now out of a job.

The U.S. intelligence community Tuesday said the surveillance program has helped thwart more than 50 attacks, and it described four examples.

U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy’s immigration bill is focused on interior enforcement and will be the first measure voted on by the House.

Nadia Torres, 5, who is developmentally disabled, was kicked out of a musical production of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" in Providence, R.I., after audience members complained she was "squealing and giggling and humming" loudly.

President Obama went on PBS to defend NSA surveillance programs like PRISM, comparing them to DUI checkpoints and airport security.

The U.S. military is announcing a plan to integrate women into more elite combat roles, such as the Navy SEALS and Army Rangers.

As the blind activist weighs his options after he leaves NYU this summer, he discusses China's "underestimated" reach into American academia.

The bombing may be linked to two other unsolved explosions in New York City, the FBI said.

G-8 leaders agreed on Tuesday to adopt a broad common strategy in fighting worldwide tax avoidance by companies and individuals.

Brazilians filled the street of Brazil's major cities in protest against government corruption. Here's a look into the situation in photos.

Do much time has passed since World War II, that eyewitnesses to crimes have become scarce.

The North Korean leader reportedly distributed copies of "Mein Kampf," Adolf Hitler's prison manifesto, as gifts to his top officials.

On June 17, the official Brazil World Cup website was hacked by activists and replaced by footage from protests throughout Brazil.

Yahoo said it received 12,000 to 13,000 requests for user data from U.S. agencies from Dec. 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013.

Afghan President Karzai announced at a handover ceremony Tuesday that the Afghan government will begin to engage with the Taliban.

Members of the intelligence community will testify Tuesday on the damage caused by leaks of information on secret surveillance programs.

Some Hindus are upset over Henry Cavill's comments that seemed to equate comic book character Superman with Hindu gods.

Swiss lawmakers have criticized U.S. attempts to elicit information on U.S. tax evaders as undermining Swiss sovereignty.

Police raided houses across Turkey on Tuesday, arresting people suspected of violence against the police, officials said.

The tombstone of former New York City mayor Ed Koch was engraved with the wrong birth date.

Here’s where each American state currently stands on cannabis consumption.

Cannabis legislation is pending in six states, potentially joining the 19 others that have already passed such laws. With the tide turning, the cannabis industry looks to the future.

In Italy, almost 67,000 inmates are housed in Italian facilities that were designed to hold only 45,000.

Local media and social media were quite candid in their criticisms of the Chinese national soccer team after it lost 5-1 to a Thai team.

Libya may have more weapons than the British army arsenal. What does that mean for Syria?