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To an outsider, Thursday’s contest to elect the next mayor of London would appear to be a fight between two larger-than-life characters — known best by their first names — for control of the city’s famous red buses.

A British spy found dead at his home in 2010 — his naked body padlocked inside a large red carrying bag stowed in the bathtub — was either suffocated or poisoned, but it is unlikely his death will ever be satisfactorily explained, coroner Fiona Wilco…

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sworn in Wednesday as a lawmaker for the first time, a key step in the country’s recent shift toward democracy after decades of repressive military rule.

A U.S. drone hit an al Qaeda training site in southern Yemen, killing 13 suspected militants, three security officials said.

Assailants targeted protesters demonstrating against the barring of a presidential candidate in Cairo early Wednesday, killing six, the Health Ministry said.

If Barcelona’s players were driven to tears after last week’s shock Champions League exit, they could at least rely on pocketfuls of cash to ease the pain.

In cafes across Cape Town, brewing the perfect cup of rooibos has become a fine art.

As international envoy Kofi Annan negotiated a cease-fire in Syria, government forces raided opposition strongholds, killing and detaining residents in attacks amounting to war crimes, a rights group said Wednesday.

A close friend of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng said Chen was forced to leave the U.S. Embassy in Beijing after local authorities threatened his wife with violence if he chose to stay.

Global media tycoon Rupert Murdoch received a strong endorsement from the board of directors of his News Corp. on Wednesday, a day after British lawmakers investigating a phone hacking scandal said Murdoch was “not a fit person” to run a major internat…