Spanish gypsies protest derogatory ethnic reference

Representatives of the country's Roma population have launched a campaign to remove a negative reference about them from the world's most cited Spanish dictionary

• Apr 8, 2015

North Korea says American deported for "plot-breeding"

Details of elderly woman's detention and release are few; official statement says she visited frequently over the last 20 years

• Apr 8, 2015

ISIS frees dozens of Yazidi women, kids

Kurdish official in Iraq says more than 200 freed members of minority sect are in poor health, showing signs of abuse

• Apr 8, 2015

Iran raises the stakes in Yemen faceoff

As Sunni Muslim powerhouse Saudi Arabia leads bombing campaign against Shiite rebels in Yemen, Shiite Iran sends warship to region

• Apr 8, 2015

Afghan soldier opens fire on U.S. troops

1 American killed, others wounded in second insider attack this year by allied forces in Afghanistan

• Apr 8, 2015

Thieves drill into heart of London's diamond district

Scotland Yard trying to find crooks who carried out estimated $300 million heist at Hatton Garden

• Apr 8, 2015

The economic allure of a more open Iran

Educated and populous -- with many citizens longing for U.S. goods -- Iran has investors salivating for access

• Apr 8, 2015

Kenya gunman's ex-classmates left shocked and scared

Law school students say man suspected of leading college massacre seemed "a generally cool person," and now they're worry about their safety

• Apr 8, 2015

Sex allegations against Prince Andrew rejected by U.S. judge

Judge orders scandalous sex allegations against Prince Andrew and well-known lawyer Alan Dershowitz stricken from court record

• Apr 7, 2015

Gawking at George Clooney's Italian mansion will cost you

People who stop to leer at the actor's lakeside villa have created such a nuisance that the town has hiked fines

• Apr 7, 2015

Pope Francis has written a pop song, sort of

Italian-Argentine musician Odino Faccia uses "Rock Star" pope's words to craft a catchy tune urging peace and unity

• Apr 7, 2015

China hatches plan to keep vacationers in check

Government institutes "social supervision" of tourists who reflect badly "on the country and the people's image"

• Apr 7, 2015

Autistic Australian boy rescued after 4 night ordeal

Luke Shambrook disappeared from campsite into dense Australian forest, where temperatures fell below 48 degrees at night

• Apr 7, 2015

"They will not make us scared"

Defiant Russian opposition supporters mark 40th day since murder of politician Boris Nemtsov in shadow of Kremlin

• Apr 7, 2015

Dozens of children killed in Yemen fighting, U.N. says

At least 74 children have been killed since the Saudi-led air campaign against Yemen's Shiite Houthi rebels began last month

• Apr 7, 2015

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