One World Trade Center, the giant monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, will lay claim to the title of New York City's tallest skyscraper on Monday.

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Police say a packed ferry boat has capsized in heavy winds and rain in Assam, leaving at least 35 people dead and 75 others feared missing.

Assam state police chief J.N. Choudhury says the boat was c

The former head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency has accused the country's political leaders of exaggerating the effectiveness of a possible military attack on Iran, in a striking indication of Is

Prosecutors in Kazakhstan have characterised foreign correspondents as 'evil' in an indictment accusing 37 residents of a western oil town of inciting and participating in mass unrest that led to at l

With her first wedding anniversary approaching, the former Kate Middleton’s transformation into a highly regarded member of the royal family is nearly complete.

Malaysian police fired tear gas and chemical-laced water on Saturday at thousands of demonstrators demanding an overhaul in electoral policies that they call biased ahead of national polls expected so

A blind legal activist who fled house arrest in his Chinese village is under the protection of American officials, overseas activists said on Saturday, putting the U.S. in a difficult position days ah

The House of Representatives ignored Obama administration objections and approved legislation aimed at helping stop electronic attacks on critical US infrastructure and private companies.

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A suicide bomber blew himself up across the street from a mosque in the Syrian capital Friday, killing at least five people and wounding 20, state TV said. Thousands of Syrians protested elsewhere to

Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger reports that a woman starved to death after embarking on a spiritual diet that required her to stop eating or drinking and live off sunlight alone.

The Zurich newspaper