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At least ten members of a group of FARC rebel dissidents were killed in an armed forces bombing in Colombia's southeastern jungle, the head of the military said on Monday.

Oklahoma Citybased Devon Energy Corporation has agreed to a $6.15 million settlement agreement with the federal government over allegations it underpaid royalties on federal leases, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.

The leaders of Greece and France are expected to announce a major, multibillioneuro deal in Paris on Tuesday involving the acquisition by Greece of at least six Frenchbuilt warships, Greek state ERT TV reported.

British police charged a 36yearold man on Monday with the murder of Sabina Nessa, a primary school teacher killed as she walked to meet a friend in London.

The U.S. Energy Department wants to switch to less stringent testing for detecting cancercausing chemicals at and around one of its premier nuclear weapons laboratories despite concerns from environmentalists and New Mexico regulators.

The post, according to news reports, also called for helping the Taliban, recognising the radical movement of the Sunni Pashtun, and unfreezing Afghan assets.

The tremor sent people fleeing out of homes, schools and public buildings across the island.

Gunmen in Nigeria on Sunday freed 10 students abducted in the northwest Kaduna state after collecting a ransom, a school official told The Associated Press.

There is a small purse for the winner and although gambling is officially banned by the Taliban, it is clear side bets are made on the bouts.

Already 22 babies have been born to Afghan mothers at Ramstein, and that number will rise very soon with roughly two thirds of the 3,000 women being housed there pregnant.

An Amtrak train that runs between Seattle and Chicago derailed Saturday afternoon in northcentral Montana, local media reported.

A North Florida sheriff's deputy who was recently shot twice during a traffic stop is not going to survive his injuries, authorities announced Saturday.

Eight Virginia Commonwealth University students have been charged with hazing in a fraternity pledge's death from alcohol poisoning after a party earlier this year, officials said Friday.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday lauded another new abortion law that tightens limits on abortioninducing medications, creating an additional layer of restrictions after a neartotal ban on abortion in the state began this month.

Reported sexual assaults have sparked large protests on college campuses in at least seven states just weeks into the new school year, which advocates say reflects both a greater vulnerability among students who spent last school year learning remotelyand...

A northern Virginia school system said it is removing two books from school libraries, including an illustrated memoir that contains explicit illustrations of sexual encounters involving children, after a parent expressed concern about them at a school bo...