Headline News

Turkey's top religious authority has decreed that Muslims may use toilet paper - though water is still preferable for cleansing. "If water cannot be found for cleansing, other cleaning materials...

Financial authorities say billions of dollars worth of public contracts last year were lost in fraud or wasted.

Cross-dressing killer Robert Durst tried to pass himself off as a deaf, mute woman named Dorothy Ciner in Texas -- but he wasn't fooling his drag-queen friend. "What stuck with...

A Indian travel agent plans to lay on daily bus trips to the town where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was born and worked at his father's tea stall.

Secrets behind the doors of London's Hatton Garden

Michael Slager has been charged with the murder of African-American Walter Scott, whose shooting was filmed by an onlooker.

Loneliness should be tackled by creating maps to show where older people are more likely to be at risk, according to a report.

While the Dutch keep growing taller, people in the United States appear to be shrinking. The findings of a new study may explain.

The grisly video of Walter Scott's death that surfaced late Tuesday depicts police officer Michael Thomas Slager shooting at Scott eight times as he attempted to run away. But the video doesn't end there. It continues fo...

Cleric is a particular favorite of foreign jihadists in Syria

Australia approves the sale of John Holland Group, one the country's biggest construction firms, to China Communications Construction Company (CCCC).

Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey have discovered that a chemical in birth control pills causes reproductive problems in fish. CNN's Amara Walker reports.

Where does the "Obama doctrine" fit in with the history of presidents and foreign policy?

HOUSTON -- A federal judge on Tuesday denied a Justice Department request to lift a temporary hold on President Barack Obama’s executive action that sought to shield millions of immigrants...

The past three centuries of progress have been powered by coal, oil and gas. Burning much of what's left will lead to environmental and economic catastrophe. Here's how to save the earth without giving up on growth The f...

It just makes sense that Joel Burger and Ashley King's impending nuptials will be sponsored by Burger King. Fast food chain @BurgerKing pays for Mr Burger & Ms King's whopper wedding ://t.co/VYgj0BjatF pic.twitter.com/Ba...

Civil rights charges will not be filed against a white police officer who fatally shot a black student outside a bar in Westchester County, the United States attorney in Manhattan said Tuesday.

It's the eve of the Masters, and the pairings for the first two rounds have been announced, which means that it's time to try and pick a winner. In any golf tournament, that's very difficult. There are so many closely ma...

Laureates, including former Wellcome Trust employee Sir John Sulston, argue that investments by charities conflict with their aims of improving public health Nobel prize winners in the US and Australia have joined calls ...

Millionaire killer Robert Durst has been indicted on weapons charges in Louisiana, authorities announced Wednesday. Durst, who is awaiting extradition to Los Angeles on a murder charge, has been held...

The Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, has arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a critical time for Athens.

In Taiwan, more than 1 million households will have their water cut off for two days a week in order to ration dwindling supplies. Taiwan begins water rationing amid worsening drought ://t.co/U708MCU6wp pic.twitter.com/4...