Russia has donated a statue of Peter the Great to the French Academy of Sciences to mark 300 years since the Russian czar visited Paris in a pivotal moment in his crusade to open his country toward the West.
Mohammad Saleem was born and raised in Myanmar.
Turkey's state-run news agency says security forces have killed five suspected Kurdish militants in an operation close to a tourist resort near the Mediterranean coast.
Retailers and manufacturers are seeing an apparent surge in interest in so-called bump stocks as Congress eyes a possible crackdown on the type of device allegedly used by the Las Vegas shooter.
French President Emmanuel Macron has prompted a public outcry with comments suggesting employees of a struggling company should look for a job instead of protesting.
Organic molecules once thought to be produced only by life-forms have been found in two separate regions of space: a nearby comet and the debris around a pair of forming stars.
There may actually have been three Sputnik moments.
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Comedian Nick Cannon says he won't apologize for his performance during a New Jersey Catholic university's homecoming weekend.
British police say that, were he alive, former Prime Minister Edward Heath would be questioned by detectives over child abuse allegations.
Alabama is scheduled to execute a man convicted of killing his estranged wife and father-in-law during a Christmas Eve gathering.
Rex Tillerson went before the television cameras yesterday to engage in some high-profile damage control.
The Las Vegas gunman likely had “some help at some point” in pulling off Sunday's massacre, the head of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department asserted Wednesday.
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Dolly Parton always has one, well two, things to rely on.
Officials say a fire that destroyed a Florida elementary school was caused by electrical failure and extensive water damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Lee Elementary Magnet School of World Studies and Technology had just had power restored when the fire broke out.
Russian investigators and police have raided the homes of at least five people working for an exiled oligarch in connection with a decades-old dispute over what was once Russia's largest oil producer.
A fraternity at Southern Methodist University accused of hazing was shut down Wednesday.
A Philippine congressional committee dominated by President Rodrigo Duterte's allies has found sufficient grounds to continue hearing an impeachment complaint against the chief justice after Duterte said he wanted her and an anti-graft agency official impeached.
During a visit to Moscow, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday that he was confident Russia would come to Venezuela's aid if the South American country were to face intrusions from the Trump administration.
Israel's Supreme Court, widely seen as a guardian of the country's founding democratic principles, is facing fierce pressure from political hard-liners who are challenging what they see as the court's overreach and liberal slant.
Hillary Clinton is still recounting her election woes.
D-backs jump out to big early lead, hold off Rockies with triples from Bradley, Pollock
Posting videos from the operating room may be a creative way for plastic surgeons to market their skills, but critics say some surgeons seem to place entertainment value ahead of medical ethics.