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An ominous "cloud tsunami" rolls in along the coast of Sydney, Australia, on Friday, signaling the coming of severe storms for the area. The massive formation, actually called a shelf cloud, stunned Australians, with a f...

Facial hair has a long and iconic history. See where the trends all started

An ardent Kennedy collector who wishes to remain anonymous purchased the plates.          

Clinton tacks left on police violence and corporate influence Bernie Sanders defends gun control position Martin O'Malley takes sideswipe at Clinton on Keystone XL pipeline Hillary Clinton moved to the left on Friday nig...

Protesters tried to storm parliament in Taiwan amid anger over their leader's summit with the Chinese president - the first such meeting since the 1949 split Protesters have tried to storm the parliament building in Taiw...

The military-dominated nation is poised to finally elect a democratic government

The deadly outbreak in the West African country is expected to be confirmed over after 42 days of no new cases of the virus.

The Queen will lead the UK as it pays respects to its war dead this weekend, attending services at the Royal Albert Hall and the Cenotaph.

The bodies were discovered in the central state of Morelos when the family of a murdered kidnap victim demanded the return of their loved one's remains A state human rights agency has begun an investigation into why abou...

Egyptian officials are analysing the black box recording, but insist the "noise" is not enough to conclude there was an explosion.

The Latest: Berlin protesters criticize Merkel's stance on refugees; others criticize them

Jeremy Mardis was killed. His father, Chris Few, was left in critical condition.

1 dead in Kashmir protest as Indian prime minister promises $12B in aid for troubled region

The gallery above depicts a visual journey -- from the origins of where one of the world's rarest and largest diamonds was unearthed, to how it formed the core of an absurdly lavish necklace, made of 11,551 diamonds and ...

Louisiana police arrested two officers over the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old autistic boy in the central town of Marksville, the head of the state police announced Friday. The incident occurred Tuesday after officers f...

Mikhail Lesin, a former press minister who helped found the news service Russia Today, died at the Dupont Circle Hotel, officials said.

BENTO RODRIGUES, Brazil

An investigation into a U.S. military helicopter crash that killed 13 people during earthquake rescue operations in Nepal has found that the likely cause was the crew's decision to use the most direct route to bring out ...

When disabled people blocked the streets in protest

YANGON/MANDALAY, Myanmar

All 224 people on board were killed.

With 70 percent of voters living in rural areas, Al Jazeera asks villagers their views on who should lead the country.