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Hillary Clinton drew a "Harry Potter" sized line of fans waiting to get an autographed copy of her new memoir "Hard Choices" at a Manhattan bookstore today.

Ukraine and Russia have come to a mutual understanding and have agreed on some of the proposals made by Ukraine's newly-elected President Petro Poroshenko to end the continuing violence in the country's east, but the fut...

The doors of an elevator fly open before the lift speeds past 30 floors in 15 seconds and smashes into the roof.

If you thought Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) would go gentle into that good night, you were sorely mistaken. As the Clarion-Ledger reports: After months of milquetoast statements and letting surrogates do any campaign tras...

Reuven Rivlin, a former speaker of parliament and opponent of a Palestinian state, is widely expected to win the vote.

Hundreds of gunmen took control of key portions of the the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday, senior police officials said.

The Pakistani military carries out air strikes in tribal areas in the north-west of the country, killing at least 15 militants, officials say.

Embattled Sepp Blatter accuses his critics after allegations of corruption surrounding Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid emerged.

A community in tears.

Las Vegas cop killers had anti-government views, were kicked off Nevada ranch of Cliven Bundy

Commuters in Melbourne, Australia got a surprise this morning when they spotted a giant Jesus hot-air balloon emerging from the cloud.

Surrey punter in line for £100,000 profit from what bookmakers describe as 'biggest political bet ever struck' A man from Surrey has gambled £400,000 on Scotland voting no in the independence referendum, in one of the ...

An online search led Mary O'Connor Ward-Donegan, sister of Cardinal John Joseph O'Connor, to a surprising truth: Their mother had converted from Judaism to Catholicism.

Pakistan: 7 bodies found in burned Karachi airport building, raising attack death toll to 26

Time Warner and Vice Media are said to be in negotiations that could lead to a $1 billion deal and give Vice a television network.

There are floors and floors of women; some wear nothing, others very little. Men in groups can be seen wandering the corridors of mega brothels, some of which offer unlimited...

This is nothing new to regular readers of the blog, but the chart below from the Washington Post very nicely illustrates the Democratic Party's midterm woes in a nutshell. In every demographic group that tends to support...

Nottinghamshire 205 & 102-2 v Yorkshire 247 One current statistic rankles at Headingley more than any other. Namely, that every other county in the land has claimed a piece of silverware since they were crowned C&G Troph...

Washington bureau chief David Corn and Kiki McLean joined Chris Matthews on MSNBC's "Hardball" to discuss a new attack ad accusing Hillary Clinton of joining in the "slander" of Israel. Once you're done watching, check o...

The head of USA Swimming recently offered a dramatic apology to the young swimmers who were victims of sexual abuse in his organization -- four years after he told ABC News he had nothing to be sorry for.

The Internet is seeing a glorious and likely brief convergence of Ayn Rand obsessions, giving us the gift of a few days when totally unrelated corners of the web can talk about both her environmentalism and her love cats...

Iraq's prime minister asks parliament to declare a state of emergency after militants take control of the country's second city, Mosul.