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ISTANBUL (AP) Violence has flared in Istanbul between a group of demonstrators and police on the fourth day of protests set off by a bruta...

BEIJING (AP) A large fire broke out at a poultry farm and processing plant in northeastern China early Monday, trapping workers inside lar...

By Patrick Markey BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people were killed in violence in Iraq in May, making it the deadliest month since t...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Internet was abuzz on Thursday over a report that President Xi Jinping, who is striving to portray himself...

By Tara Oakes PARIS (Reuters) - A little-known French sports doctor who spent 16 years studying the busts of about 300 women sent a scare th...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland apologized to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday after its police accidentally put him on a blacklis...

BERLIN (AP) These thieves might really have sticky fingers. Police said Monday an unknown number of culprits made off with 5 metric tons (5....

OSLO, Norway (AP) The family of a prominent Parisian art dealer is demanding that a Norwegian museum return an Henri Matisse painting seized...

By Tara Oakes PARIS (Reuters) - The roof of France's National Assembly is ready to buzz with activity after the arrival of three large b...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has raised the minimum age for marriage to 16 from what had been one of the lowest in the world at 14 as part of a ...

HANOI (Reuters) - A fish farmer who became a cult hero in Vietnam after fighting off an illegal eviction with homemade guns and mines was ja...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) Australia is paying its biggest Hollywood inducement ever to bring "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" Down Un...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Forget "Hail to the Chief". In North Korea, the army sing their leader's praises with a chorus of "We W...

ZURICH (Reuters) - A self-styled healer was sentenced to 12 years and nine months in jail on Friday after a Swiss court found the acupunctur...

By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - With a smile on her face, dressed in a simple black peacoat and carrying an elegant unbranded bag, Chin...

PARIS (AP) The last time Tom Selldorff saw his grandfather's prized art collection he was six in 1930s Vienna, before it fell into Nazi ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Japanese architect Toyo Ito, whose buildings have been praised for their fluid beauty and balance between the physical and ...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis took on the role of a simple parish priest on Sunday, saying Mass for the Vatican...

By Ana Isabel Martinez CARACAS (Reuters) - Late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez's influence may have stretched into the afterlife and had ...

By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei announced plans on Monday to release a heavy-metal album that he sai...