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Hong Kong (AP) — President Barack Obama's half-brother is publishing an autobiography that details the domestic abuse that served as the theme for his earlier semi-autobiographical novel, which featured an abusive parent patterned on their…

(BBC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will soon pardon jailed former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Mr Putin told reporters he had received a request from Khodorkovsky, who has been in custody for a decade, to pardon him on…

(CNN) -- Six U.S. troops were killed Tuesday in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan after what appears to be an engine failure, a U.S. defense official said. There was one survivor in the crash. The crash is the deadliest single…

One of Turkey's largest banks was among premises targeted in the raids Turkish police have arrested the sons of three cabinet ministers as part of an investigation into alleged bribery relating to public tenders. The sons of the interior…

New Delhi (CNN) -- Three men were convicted Tuesday in the gang rape of an American tourist in India. All Nepali men in their 20s, they were convicted of sexual assault and robbery, police said. They were sentenced to 20 years in prison.…

Hong Kong (CNN) -- An elderly woman infected with a strain of avian flu that is rarely seen in humans died in China earlier this month -- marking the first human fatality from the H10N8 virus. The 73-year-old woman in Jiangxi province was…

(CNN) -- Egypt's public prosecutor has ordered ex-President Mohamed Morsy and members of the Muslim Brotherhood to stand trial, according to a state-run media report Wednesday. The deposed leader and 35 Muslim Brotherhood members will be…

New York (CNN) -- A fuel tanker flipped on its side and caught fire late Tuesday on Long Island, New York police said. The fire caused an undetermined amount of damage to parked cars and property along Sunrise Highway in Bellmore,…

London (AP) -- Ronnie Biggs was a petty criminal who set out to transform his life with the daring heist of a mail train packed with money. The plan worked in ways he could never have imagined. Biggs was part of a gang of at least 12 men…

(BBC)--The US House of Representatives has approved a two-year federal budget bill in a strong showing of cross-party support, further avoiding the spectre of another government shutdown. The measure, written by the Republican and…

(BBC)--South Africans have been warned not to attempt to go to see Nelson Mandela's body in the capital, Pretoria, unless they are already in the queue. The anti-apartheid leader's body is lying in state at the Union Buildings, where he…

(BBC)--The execution of the once-powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has rekindled fears of instability in the secretive nuclear-armed state. South Korean defence chief Kim Kawn-jin promised "heightened readiness" after the…

(BBC)--One of the seriously injured survivors of the Glasgow helicopter crash has died in hospital, bringing the death toll from the tragedy to 10. Joe Cusker, 59, of Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, died on Thursday in Glasgow Royal…

(BBC)--The Spanish government has vowed to block plans by parties in Catalonia to hold a referendum on independence on 9 November of next year. "The poll will not be held," Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon told journalists moments…

(BBC)--South Africa's deputy disability minister says the government is investigating how a man who faked sign language at the Mandela memorial was given security clearance. Thamsanqa Dyantyi, who stood alongside national and international…