After recent lull, an influx of migrants in Europe
Over the past two days, Italy's coast guard says about 2,500 people have been rescued in more than a dozen operations in the Straits of Sicily
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4 arrested in France, accused of new Paris attack plot
Officials say suspects include one woman, and all were born in France; officials in Brussels still hunting two linked to earlier Paris attacks investigation
Fast and Furious gun found at El Chapo hideout
Infamous failed ATF "gun-walking" operation leaves traces even with notorious drug lord; Congress informed of .50-caliber rifle find
FIFA admits bribery, wants U.S. to give bribe money back
Soccer's governing body acknowledged World Cup votes have been bought in past, and wants millions seized by U.S. prosecutors returned
Kurds plan to carve out quasi-state in northern Syria
Group deemed terrorists by Turkey and left out of peace talks is offering up a plan of its own to subdivide war-torn country
Town looks to revive botched restored fresco's success
Octogenarian painter's botched Christ fresco restoration in 2012 became major tourist attraction
Buddha-image issues: Thailand's monks urged to diet
A new study found soaring rates of obesity among the Buddhist country's clergy, and the government must pay for the healthcare
Hunt on after suspects linked to Paris attacks escape raid
Belgian police say joint raid with French officers left 4 officers wounded, 1 suspect dead and two more on the loose
France sacks 27 school staffers over pedophelia-related crimes
Ministry of Education and Justice scanning "3,000 dossiers every day" to try and root out staff members with a history of sexual offenses.
Sunken treasure from a 500-year-old shipwreck
Archaeologists surfacing incredibly rare artifacts from the 500-year-old wreckage of a Portuguese explorer's ship
Female bombers unleash carnage on Nigerian mosque
Pair of suicide bombers attack worshippers during dawn prayers at mosque in stronghold of Boko Haram Islamic extremist group.
Scandinavian nation named world's happiest, again
"We have no worries," explains one resident of the country that enjoys few disasters, little corruption and a near absence of drama
Bomb tears through bus carrying Pakistan civil servants
More than a dozen killed in attack on government workers in volatile city of Peshawar, near Afghan border
U.S. college student gets harsh sentence in N. Korea
UVA undergrad Otto Warmbier charged with "subversion" after attempting to do a favor for his friend's mother
American who defected from ISIS left D.C. area in mid-December
In Virginia, defector's father turned a water hose on reporters, saying he'd lost touch with his son
Federal judge blocks Trump from closing historic D.C. golf course, for now
U.S. facilitating direct engagement between Europe and Russia
Travelers stranded, flights canceled after ground stop. Here's what we know
Trump, Putin, Xi Jinping to meet in first trilateral of its kind
Man in his 70s diagnosed with heart defect usually found in infancy
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U.S. gave Singapore scant help with Alice Huang probe, source says
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Criminal probe into cruise ship over potential "magic pipe"
New congressman faces sexual harassment allegation
