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From dusk until dawn, 12-year-old Fayaz toils at his uncle's blacksmith shop in Kabul.

A nun has died after setting herself on fire in southwestern China, the first Tibetan woman known to have killed herself in this way, the London-based Free Tibet campaign group said Tuesday.

A nun has died after setting herself on fire in southwestern China, the first Tibetan woman known to have killed herself in this way, the London-based Free Tibet campaign group said Tuesday.

Engineers may be able to complete the shutdown of damaged reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant ahead of schedule, the plant's owner reported Monday.

The Pentagon on Monday denied claims that the United States and Iraq have been unable to come to an agreement that would allow some U.S. troops to remain in Iraq after the end of 2011, telling reporters that talks are still going on.

Families of Israeli terror victims are urging the country's Supreme Court Monday to block the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

Families of Israeli terror victims are urging the country's Supreme Court Monday to block the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

Israel plans to free more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, including hundreds serving life sentences for attacks on Israelis, in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who was captured by Hamas in 2006. How and why has the controversial deal come a…

The question is a serious one, and its answer has multiple political and security implications: Did a Mexican political party have agreements with organized crime, specifically the PRI which governed Mexico for 71 years?

Heavy rain that has killed at least 60 people in Central America is not expected to let up soon, authorities said Monday.