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North Korea attempted to launch another intermediate-range ballistic missile early Thursday morning local time, but the US military reported that the launch failed, the second failure in the past five days.

Iraqi special forces charged into the Mosul battle Thursday with a pre-dawn advance on a nearby town held by the Islamic State group, a key part of a multi-pronged assault on eastern approaches to the besieged city.

It was 9:15 on a Friday morning when a towering mound of mine waste collapsed at the Merthyr Vale Colliery in the Welsh town of Aberfan, sending millions of tons of sludge crashing down onto Pantglas Junior School in the valley below as classes were beginning for the day.

Switzerland's executive says Britain's upcoming exit from the European Union could offer the Swiss financial sector a chance to build on its strengths in cross-border asset management.

An Austrian court has found a police officer guilty of contravening anti-Nazi laws by saying "Heil Hitler" while on duty at the border to Hungary and sentenced him to a suspended 9-month prison term.

The Champions League final could be contested outside Europe for the first time.

This is the hilarious moment a hapless thief tried to steal a Venetian blind from a furniture store – by hiding it in his jacket.

The student council at a leading South African university says a student leader was hit multiple times in the back by police rubber bullets during a protest for free education.

The Israeli military says soldiers have shot and killed a Palestinian who threw rocks at them in the West Bank.

British authorities have conducted a controlled explosion on London's subway system after train staff reported finding a suspicious item on a train travelling eastbound on the Jubilee Line.

In "Narcos," the television drama based on the life and crimes of Pablo Escobar, the now long-dead Colombian cocaine trafficker is shown making a roaring bonfire of banknotes to keep his family warm while they are on the run.

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who heads the largest bloc in parliament, has formally endorsed a leading Christian politician and strong ally of the Hezbollah group to become the next president.

The European Union president is warning that if a free trade deal with Canada fails due to the refusal of a small Belgian region to sign on over the coming days, it could mean the end of such agreements with any other country.

British lawmakers say the former boss of failed retailer BHS should be stripped of his knighthood after the chain of stores collapsed with the loss of 11,000 jobs.

Super Typhoon Haima weakened and blew out to sea Thursday after smashing into the northern Philippines with ferocious wind and rain overnight.

Portugal's center-left government is rolling back some more austerity measures, even while it pledges to keep cutting its budget deficit.

Cowardly ISIS fighters dressed in women’s clothes are fleeing Mosul while the group’s commanders have ordered their wives and girlfriends to escape before the city is encircled.

Iraq's special forces, which barreled into a town east of Mosul on Thursday despite a wave of suicide attacks, are the country's most professional and least sectarian fighting force.

Pakistan says it has encouraged Kabul to hold peace talks with the Taliban, saying a recent peace deal between Afghanistan and key militant leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar can serve as a model for talks with the main insurgent group.

European Union leaders lashed out at Russia Thursday, criticizing its backing for the Syrian regime and accusing it of atrocities in the besieged city of Aleppo.