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A total of 894 children were released from a local vigilante movement involved in the fight against terror group Boko Haram in Nigeria's northeast region, according to the UN Children's…

The ruling African National Congress is coasting to a comfortable lead in South Africa's presidential and parliamentary elections with 83% of the vote counted, but the tally shows the party…

A 72-year-old Frenchman arrived on the Caribbean island of Martinique Thursday to celebrate crossing the Atlantic in four months carried by the currents in a custom-made barrel. "It was an…

Veteran British broadcaster Danny Baker was on Thursday fired by the BBC after tweeting a picture of well-dressed couple holding hands with a chimpanzee in a suit, tagged with the…

\ Mexico City's legislature voted Thursday to ban businesses from buying, selling or giving their customers disposable plastics, a major shift for a sprawling capital that is awash in them.…

Stephen Biegun, U.S. special representative for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) affairs, said Friday that the door remained open for the DPRK's return to negotiations. Biegun made the…

One of the world's oldest and most luxurious shopping destinations, Burlington Arcade, has marked its 200th anniversary in London. Gathered in the heart of Mayfair to celebrate the Anniversary, 120…

The South Korean military saw the projectiles fired by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday as short-range missiles, Newsis news agency reported Friday citing a defense ministry…

David Beckham has been banned from driving for six months for using a mobile phone while behind the wheel of his Bentley. A prosecutor said a member of the public…

May 10 has been named as Transcontinental Chinese Railroad Workers Day in San Francisco in honor of the historic contributions made by the tens of thousands of Chinese workers who…