President Barack Obama has signed up for health insurance coverage under ObamaCare. A White House representative said Monday that the president enrolled in a health...
Target is being sued by at least 11 customers over a credit card security breach that saw details of more than 40 million cards...
Mikhail Kalashnikov - the inventor of the Kalashnikov assault rifle - has died aged 94, Russian officials say. The automatic rifle Mikhail Kalashnikov designed became...
More than 300,000 homes and businesses in Michigan, upstate New York and northern New England remained without electricity Monday morning after thick ice felled...
A British Airways plane with more than 200 people on board has struck an office building while preparing to take off from the South...
Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been released from Russian prison under an amnesty law, hours after her fellow band member Maria Alyokhina was freed. Nadezhda...
Thai anti-government protesters have surrounded the stadium where candidates were due to register to stand in February's elections. They say political reform is needed before...
A massive ice storm has brought snow and freezing rain to Toronto, and to much of the east of Canada. The storm has left some...
John S. D. Eisenhower, son of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, died Saturday at the age of 91. John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower lived on Maryland's...
Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina has been freed early from prison in Russia under an amnesty, her lawyer announces. Her lawyers said Maria Alyokhina was now...
Egypt's leading activists Ahmed Maher, Ahmed Douma and Mohamed Adel from the 2011 uprising that led to the fall of President Hosni Mubarak have...
Thailand’s opposition is to hold a mass rally in the capital Bangkok as its campaign to bring down the government of Yingluck Shinawatra continues. Protest...
Cuba’s President Raul Castro has called for "civilized relations" with the US, saying the two countries should respect their differences. Raul Castro said the US...
President Barack Obama and his family opened their annual Hawaii vacation on Saturday. Every year, Barack Obama and his family prepare to return to his...
JPMorgan Chase customers will be limited to $100 in cash withdrawals and $300 in total purchases per day if they used Chase debit cards...
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has decided to declassify more information on the National Security Agency (NSA) spying, showing it started in October...
Pope Francis told Vatican officials he wants them to display professionalism and competence as well as holiness in their lives. The pontiff warned Vatican administrators...
Claire Esther Davis, who was in a coma after being shot point-blank at Arapahoe High School in Colorado last week, has died Saturday with...
South Sudan’s Vice-President Riek Machar has said rebel troops have captured the key oil-producing state of Unity and control much of the country. Riek Machar...
The worst weather will focus on the days prior to Christmas as millions of travelers take to the roads and skies in the US...
Chinese billionaire Lam Kok is feared dead in a helicopter crash that happened as he was surveying his newly-purchased vineyard in south-west France. The helicopter,...
Thailand's main opposition party has decided to boycott snap elections set for February 2, 2014. Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva told a news conference it...
The UK and the US are holding memorial services to mark the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing in which 270 people were killed. A...
The sons of two ministers have been charged in Turkey in connection with a huge corruption investigation. The head of the state-owned bank and at...
China is accusing Japan of using its national security as a pretext for military expansion. China’s Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said in a statement...