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Afghanistan security forces took control of Darqad district bordering Tajikistan on Sunday, an official said. The national security forces launched an intense operation to retake Darqad district on Friday.

Jefferson Montero scored a wonderful backheel in the 23rd minute to open the scoring for the Swans, but Oxford’s Liam Sercombe slotted a controversial penalty on the stroke of halftime to level the scores.

In 2016 one of the SUVs GM sells in America – – the Buick Envision – will be, for the first time, imported from China, to the chagrin of the United Auto Workers union, a key Obama constituency. The Big Three automakers are raising wages.

Alabama is the early favorite to win the college football championship game, but as fans are well aware, anything is possible.

Riyadh severed diplomatic ties and air links with Tehran after angry crowds set fire to its embassy in the Iranian capital and its consulate in Mashhad.

In a written statement Saturday, the St. Louis stadium task force said it is “confident our proposal will speak extremely well” for the city as owners deliberate in Houston.

The ranchers — Dwight Hammond and his son Steven Hammond — distanced themselves from Bundy’s group and reported to prison Monday.

We also don’t know how many iPhone users actually want this, but while Apple are getting it in the neck from the people who help them to sell phones, they’ll have to keep working on it.

However, the extradition of “El Chapo” to the U.S. is by no means a foregone conclusion, the BBC’s Katy Watson in Mexico City reports. The world’s most wanted drug lord was recaptured by Mexi…

Obama agreed that not all criminals could be stopped through expanded background checks, but said gun laws, like traffic laws, could reduce fatalities over time “so families are spared”. “Any new legislation via the executive order is not really going to change...

Best actress in a TV drama went to Taraji P. Henson for “Empire”.

The garbage bag containing Bella’s body was discovered on the shores of Deer Island in MA on June 25.

Just two days after the Cincinnati Bengals imploded in the fourth quarter of their 18-16 playoff loss to Pittsburgh – courtesy of two 15-yard personal foul penalties, one from Vontaze Burfict and one from Pacman himself – the Bengals cornerback had strong words for...

South Korea on Friday resumed high-decibel propaganda broadcasts into North Korea as the United States ramped up pressure on China to bring Pyongyang to heel after its latest nuclear test.

He had been arrested in 2014 on suspicion of encouraging terrorism, but later fled Britain and traveled to Syria while on bail.