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ISIS fighters claim Islam justifies their brutal campaign of murder and rape against the Yazidis, but religious scholars say their belief is "anti-Islamic."

CNN's Arwa Damon reports on shocking new video from the front lines of Russia's new assault in Syria.

If I live to be 100, playing handball against the garage door, staying up until the wee hours, drinking the wine from my own grapes, I will have a nice Midwestern boy named Dan to thank.

Researchers in Japan say that children living near the Fukushima nuclear plant have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer at a rate 20 to 50 times that of children in other places. Child cancer rate soars after Fukushima nu...

A Saudi employer chopped off the right arm of an Indian domestic worker after she complained to police that the employer was mistreating her, the woman's sister said Friday.

This is how a former president of the U.N. General Assembly, arrested this week in an alleged bribery scheme, paid himself, the criminal complaint says: John Ashe accepted more than $3 million from foreign governments an...

Fifty-Six years is old enough. It's time to kick Barbie to the curb, along with her bulbous breasts, cloying smile and eating-disorder-inducing miniature plastic hips. When she (it?) came into being...

A man has died of Ebola-like symptoms and his blood samples sent for testing

Donald Trump received loud cheers when he told a crowd in Las Vegas Thursday that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "should have been executed" for leaving his post in southeastern Afghanistan. "We're tired of Sgt. Bergdahl, who's...

Defense secretary Carter confirms Russian cruise missiles intended for Syria crashed in Iran

Per Se is now passé -- New York City diners are flocking to Pith, a small supper club operating out of a Columbia University student's dorm. Senior Jonah Reider opens a restaurant in his own dorm - Columbia Daily Specta...

The United Nations Thursday put forward a proposal for a national unity government in Libya in its latest attempt to end the conflict in the region. Since 2014, Libya has been caught up in bloody conflict that has pitted...

Councilman beats incumbent in Memphis mayoral election; will be 1st white mayor in decades

An explosion Thursday injured six employees at the Priest Rapids Dam in central Washington. UPDATE: Six employees injured in explosion at Priest Rapids Dam in Washington. Dam is safe. ://t.co/taxJsuFK8B pic.twitter.com/n...

Who needs Disneyland when you can have a theme park for youngsters to declare their loyalty to China's Communist Party?

Former diplomat killed in 1976 car bombing in Washington Chilean president received documents from John Kerry Two convicted of killing, but Pinochet was never tried …

The reality is that few Americans pay close attention to Congress, and G.O.P. chaos in 1998 did not stop George W. Bush from winning in 2000.

There is a big push for Chinese students to go to classes in the United States and bring their knowledge back home. CNN's Saima Mohsin reports.

Australia confirms it is in talks to resettle its refugees in the Philippines

Research published in the medical journal The Lancet says one in three of all the young men in China are likely to die from tobacco, but that the number can fall if the men quit smoking. …

Having a conservative track record isn’t everything in the Republican Party. Just ask Donald Trump, who doesn't have one. Or Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who does. McCarthy decided today not to run for speaker of the House aft...

"If anyone calls me fat one more time in my life, I'm going to kill them"