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The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution that gives regional leaders 45 days to provide specific plans for an international military intervention to oust rebels in northern Mali.
British guitarist Eric Clapton added a few million pounds to his fortune Friday, when a painting out of his private collection garnered a record sum at auction in London.
The recovery of a 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the neck and now breathes on a ventilator hinges on what happens over the weekend.
The joint U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria was due in Turkey on Saturday for talks aimed at putting a lid on boiling diplomatic tensions between Damascus and Ankara.
Four Nigerian farmers and the environmental group Friends of the Earth took oil giant Shell to court Thursday in the Netherlands to demand a proper cleanup and compensation for pollution in the Niger Delta.
Clashes erupted in Cairo on Friday after Egyptian political forces called on President Mohamed Morsy to take a stand for justice after his first 100 days in office.
After traveling to South Africa for a safari adventure, Miranda Lynch developed an unlikely friendship with children in a remote Zulu village. Now she and her family are helping them grow their way out of hunger and poverty with a vegetable garden.
Theo Walcott returns to Arsenal after being ruled out of England’s clash with Poland on Tuesday with a chest injury.
A woman is arrested in connection with the death of a 23-year-old man after a disturbance at a flat in the east end of Glasgow.
The chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland challenges Santander’s explanation for pulling out of a deal to buy 316 of its branches.
A man has been charged with the murder of a police officer in Londonderry almost 20 years ago.
Andy Murray remains on course for his third successive Shanghai Masters title after beating semi-final opponent Roger Federer.
Saracens run in five tries at Murrayfield to demolish Edinburgh on the opening weekend of the Heineken Cup.
Clive Fairweather, who led the SAS raid on the Iranian embassy and became Scotland’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, dies aged 68.
A father wrongly convicted over allegations of grievous bodily harm against his daughter is granted care of his children again.