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Final results of the presidential election in Kenya are yet to be released, but a provisional tally shows Uhuru Kenyatta in the lead.

As their third soldier has been reported dead in Mali, the French have published a video showing a firefight with Islamists.

Rep. Randy Hultgren has introduced a bill that would promote abstinence education for teens, at the cost of half a billion dollars

An Italian priest took Sinead O'Connor's pope hatred a step further by burning a picture of Benedict XVI.

Africa and Southeast Asia are rapidly losing their populations of great apes to trafficking, and international mafias are responsible, says the U.N..

The government always has a variety of options for strong-arming private contractors.

A fake bishop, who was removed from a Vatican meeting, criticized the Catholic Church's handling of child abuse.

Kenyan voters now await the election results of a close contest between Raila Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta, with violence under control.

A newly elected Obama chose to go tough on Israel in 2009, hoping it would work. A new book reveals how that idea backfired on the White House.

Among active world leaders, only Israel's Shimon Peres is older than Robert Mugabe.

The state-run Xinhua News released a report acknowledging self-immolations across the nation -- but not in Tibet.

The latest from Capitol Hill: Sequestration continues but at least there's one bright spot, courtesy of Speaker Boehner.

Some Tories are also reportedly concerned that a new statue of the Iron Lady would be a target for vandals.

An Indian court Monday charged activist Irom Sharmila Chanu with “attempting to commit suicide,” on account of her fast in Delhi in 2006.

Ninety-four Emirati citizens, said to be members of an Islamist organization, were put on trial Monday on charges of plotting against the United Arab Emirates government.

A planned speech at a U.S. university by Narendra Modi, the chief minister of India’s Gujarat state, was cancelled Sunday following protests.

The acronym TCOT has been bandied about a lot recently on the Twitter microblogging site, frequently in the form of the hashtag #TCOT. But what exactly does the term mean and why is it used by top conservatives?

U.S. President Barack Obama will nominate the Walmart Foundation president for the position Monday, sources said Sunday.

The unsuccessful presidential contender acknowledged he underestimated the appeal of Obamacare in a televised interview Sunday.

Learn about gastroenteritis, the stomach ailment that is afflicting Queen Elizabeth II, sending her to a hospital for treatment on Sunday.

A suspected suicide bomber attacked Shi'ite Muslims as they were leaving a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, killing scores of people.

Buckingham Palace tells the media that Queen Elizabeth's hospitalization is a precaution and that she's "in good health."

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was booed during a Saint Patrick’s Day parade on Saturday as he toured a Queens neighborhood that was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy in October.

While he won't budge on sequester, Speaker Boehner said the House will act next week to avoid a government shutdown.

Having watched lawmakers bounce from crisis to crisis on the way to the current sequestration, the speaker puts his foot down on spending cuts.

Cardinals, fearing Benedict’s resignation has weakened his office, will ask the next pope to pledge to serve until death, European media report.

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, presumed masterminded of the attack on an Algerian gas complex, has been killed in Mali, Chad’s armed forces say.

Syrian President Assad expressed willingness to negotiate with the opposition, but accused Britain of attempting to militarize the conflict.

The casino-resort operator made the acknowledgment in its annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.