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The developed world became more dangerous in 2015 with a massive increase in deaths from terrorism -- although globally there was a slight fall -- according to new figures released Wednesday.

A suicide attack near the Defense Ministry in Kabul has killed at least four people and wounded 11, according to an Afghan official.

The Australian government has announced a new deal, long-expected in policy circles, that will see asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island transferred to the United States.

Asian leaders want to know whether Donald Trump will make good on his campaign trail promises, which have the potential to upend alliances, redraw the geopolitical map and risk conflict.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor sidestepped a question Tuesday about last week's election, but told an intimate audience, "we can't afford to despair."

President Barack Obama issued a warning Tuesday against "crude nationalism" in the wake of Donald Trump's victory, saying during a news conference on his final overseas trip that the President-elect had tapped into a "troubling" strain of rhetoric playing on Americans' fears of globalization to win the presidency.

Indonesian police have confirmed that they are investigating the Christian governor of Jakarta for blasphemy in a case that previously triggered mass protests.

The Mexican government is working on a plan to deal with possible mass deportations under President-elect Donald Trump, a presidential spokesman says.

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel filed a motion late Tuesday evening seeking a stay of Brendan Dassey's release.

Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kelly's cold war heated up on Tuesday, the day both TV hosts were out promoting their new books.

What happens when you submerge a black dress in the depths of the Dead Sea? A lot, it turns out.

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team asked the government about the possibility of getting Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka Trump, along with Jared Kushner, his right-hand man and Ivanka Trump's husband, permission to receive top security clearance, according to a transition source.

Chicago police have made an arrest in the death of Kyrian Knox, a baby boy whose remains were found in a lagoon a year ago, police announced Tuesday.

President-elect Donald Trump is considering Pennsylvania political operative Dave Urban as the next chair of the Republican National Committee, sources told CNN Tuesday.

Chinese scientists have become the first in the world to use the revolutionary CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique in humans.

An 85-year-old grandpa, who's tended rice paddies all his life, has become an unlikely style icon in China.

The latest FBI annual hate crime report shows a sharp spike in the number of hate crimes nationwide, with attacks against Muslims increasing the most sharply.

An hourslong manhunt ended when the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Southwest Airlines employee at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

As the media focuses on what motivated white Trump voters, Isaac Bailey writes it ignores a segment of society still reeling from the result -- people of color.

As China hosts execs from global tech companies, human rights advocates say that online censorship in the country is only getting worse.