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moodboard/Getty Images/moodboard RF The self-proclaimed geeky dad has decided to let the Internet name his daughter, who is expected April 2. Take our Poll Baby girl Which name do you like the most of the current top 5? A Canadian couple is doing the unnamable — asking the Internet to name their baby girl. Stephen McLaughlin, of Kelowna, British Columbia, ...

Saurabh Das/ASSOCIATED PRESS Devyani Khobragade, 39, says she is under ‘immense stress’ at the thought of leaving the U.S. without her husband and two young daughters. The Indian diplomat forced to leave the U.S. over claims she fraudulently obtained a work visa for her housekeeper and then paid her just $ 3.31 an hour fears she’ll never get to live ...

Australia’s national science agency is trying to make amends for a gap in its research — dragons. Sophia Lester, 7, of Queensland wrote the scientists when her parents couldn’t fulfill her request for one of the mythical fire breathers. “Hello Lovely Scientist my name is Sophie and I am 7 years old,” her letter began. “My dad told me about ...

STEFANO RELLANDINI/REUTERS Pope Francis waves as he leads the Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic palace in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sunday. VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has named his first batch of cardinals, choosing 19 men from Asia, Africa, North and South America and elsewhere, including Haiti and Burkino Faso, to reflect his attention ...

NEW DELHI — The United States said Friday it was withdrawing a diplomat from India in hopes it would end a bitter dispute that started with the arrest and strip search of an Indian diplomat in New York. Washington’s announcement that it was complying with a demand from New Delhi for the expulsion of the U.S. official came hours after ...

Ariel Sharon, the former prime minister of Israel and one of the country’s most iconic and controversial leaders, died Saturday after eight years in a coma, according to Israeli Army Radio. He was 85. A legendary general who became known as “the Bulldozer” after entering politics, he was seen as responsible for Israel’s disputed settlement project and a bloody war ...

STR/AP Central African Republic president Michel Djotodia announced Friday he was stepping down. He is shown here after arriving Thursday at a regional summit in Chad on the future of his desperate country. Central African Republic’s interim leaders caved in to international pressure and resigned on Friday after failing to halt inter-religious violence, prompting street celebrations but also questions over ...

BASIT SHAH/AFP/Getty Images Pakistani authorities examine the site of the suicide bombing. Aitazaz Hassan Bangash was being hailed as a hero for stopping the bomber before reaching a school where around 1,000 students were gathered for an assembly. A 14-year-old Pakistani boy is being hailed as a hero after he sacrificed himself to stop a suicide bomber from storming his ...

NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images A Bengal Tiger, similar to the one pictured, is being hunted in northern India after killing four villagers in 12 days. Wildlife officials are calling it ‘a maneater.’ Shoot-at-sight orders have been made against a wild tiger in northern India that’s believed to have killed four villagers in 12 days. The tiger, whose most recent known victim ...

Kim Kwang Hyon/AP Former NBA players like Kenny Anderson and ex-Knick Charles Smith, among others, take part in Dennis Rodman’s bizarre birthday celebration of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. The familiar voice on the other end of the phone belonged to Kenny Anderson, the former Molloy star, one-time NBA all-star for the New Jersey Nets and New York City ...