The former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says that withdrawing up to half the 14,000 American troops serving there reduces the incentive for the Taliban to negotiate.

The first North Atlantic right whale calf of the winter season has been spotted off the Florida coast heading north with its mother, a known resident of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Man arrested after crashing through barrier, causing incoming flights to be temporarily diverted

Scientists say Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano island, which erupted and collapsed a week ago triggering a deadly tsunami, is now only about a quarter of its pre-eruption size.

Several US newspapers suffered major printing and delivery disruptions on Saturday following a cyber-attack, US media report.

Congo’s leader is blaming a deadly Ebola virus outbreak for the last-minute decision to keep an estimated 1 million voters from the polls in Sunday’s long-delayed presidential election, claiming it would be a “disaster” if someone infects scores or hundreds of others. Protests exploded for a second day on Friday in response as health workers suspended efforts and warned that new cases could rise.

The Hungarian authorities have removed a much-loved statue of Imre Nagy, hero of the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising, from a square in central Budapest.

The rarest bird in the world – a species of duck called the Madagascar pochard – has been given a new home in time for the new year.

The authorities in the Galapagos islands have banned the sale and use of fireworks in the archipelago to protect its unique fauna.

Some in parliament want a vote to expel U.S. troops from the country.