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A shark has attacked a man near an island harbor on Australia's Great Barrier reef where two tourists were mauled on consecutive says in September

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is insisting that she can work well with any potential successor as leader of her party, including a one-time rival seeking a comeback after a decade-long absence

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Villagers in northern India have crushed a tiger to death with a tractor after it killed a man

France has issued international arrest warrants for three ranking Syrian officials, accusing them of complicity with crimes against humanity and war crimes

A British fisherman has been rescued after fleeing an aggressive colony of 50 gray seals and their young pups

The Swiss ski federation says downhill racer Gian Luca Barandun has died in a paragliding accident

Xherdan Shaqiri has been left out of Liverpool's squad for a Champions League match against Red Star Belgrade in Serbia for political reasons

Poland's populist ruling party has been dealt a blow in mayoral races, with projections showing it failing to win control of any of the nation's largest cities

From the Vatican's St. Peter's Square to the Great Synagogue of Sydney, armed guards provide earthly protection for worshippers seeking out the divine

Myanmar's ruling party led by Aung San Suu Kyi has won at least six seats in by-elections to fill 13 of the 1,171 seats in national, regional and state parliaments

Officials say an Afghan trainee fatally shot a Utah mayor who was also a Utah Army National Guard major training commandos in Afghanistan

Indonesian investigator says "black box" shows 4 of crashed Lion Air jet's flights had problems with airspeed indicator

A big group of Central Americans has agreed to push toward Mexico City from a coastal state Monday, planning to exit a part of the country that has long been treacherous for migrants seeking to get to the United States

A top Saudi human rights official has reiterated his government's "regret and pain" over the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

SoftBank CEO Son decries journalist's death, defends Saudi investments in his fund

Author Haruki Murakami talks about writing, music and the archive he's planning at his Japanese alma mater