Popular Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, a rumored candidate in upcoming parliamentary elections, says she wants to influence national politics to speed up changes needed in Japan by starting them in her city.
Court records show a slain Kansas psychiatrist was stabbed about 165 times outside his clinic in Wichita last month.
The Canadian government has agreed to pay compensation to indigenous Canadians who were taken from their homes and adopted into non-indigenous families.
Thanks to special exoskeleton outfits, a tiny transforming robot can now become more than meets the eye. Once outfitted with the plastic exoskeletons, the small bots– dubbed Primers– are able to swim, walk, roll, sail and glide.
In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, some pundits are calling for the shredding of the Constitution and the eradication of our right to keep and bear arms.
More companies are deciding to move their official base out of the Spanish region of Catalonia as tensions grow over the local government's push to declare independence.
Following the reveal that the ninth installment in the unexpectedly popular “Fast and Furious” franchise has been pushed back a whole year, one of the film’s stars is sounding off on social media about the man he thinks is to blame for the delay.
On average, nearly two dozen House members retire each cycle without seeking another office.
McDonald’s has introduced the “McVegan” burger, but it was only made available in Finland.
Pope Francis will pay homage to victims of war when he visits two important World War II sites south of Rome next month: the American military cemetery at Nettuno and the Ardeatine Caves, site of one of the worst massacres in German-occupied Italy.
The ballot boxes arrived from France under the cover of night, were stored in homes and improvised hiding places, and then secretly shuttled to polling stations right under the nose of police.
As of Friday morning, the TSA has not confirmed whether the weapon had been recovered.
"It turns out, a spike had flown off the metal grinder, had punctured his cornea, and was sitting in the middle of his eyeball."
Prosecutors want the maximum 15-year prison term for a young Chicago-area man who sought to join an al-Qaida-linked group fighting Bashar Assad's regime in Syria.
Police say a West Virginia woman allegedly set on fire by her boyfriend last month has died.
They say you shouldn't hate the player, you should hate the game. But some "Jeopardy!" contestants had viewers fuming with their awful answers, strange strategies and bad behavior. Here are the worst "Jeopardy" villains:
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was announced Friday as the winner of the annual prize.
The Latest on Spain's political crisis amid Catalonia's push for independence (all times local): 11:45 a.m.
An international rights group has slammed an Egyptian media regulatory body's order prohibiting homosexuals or their slogans from appearing on any outlet amid a mass arrest campaign against them and their supporters.
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to an organization seeking to eliminate nuclear weapons through an international treaty-based prohibition.
The stadiums have been renovated, the publicity posters hung.
Iraqi leaders and world dignitaries are gathered at Iraqi Kurdistan's Suleimaniyeh airport to pay their respects to the late Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who died three days ago in Germany.
A Chinese official says rescuers have found the bodies of 12 Chinese people who went missing after their fishing boat collided with an oil tanker near Japan.
Roma Downey found herself unable to fall asleep one night as she lay awake in bed next to her husband Mark Burnett while watching the news.
Why the travel industry might want to connect vacationers before they depart for their trips.