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At least 200 million people in 30 countries have experienced female genital mutilation, a new study finds

Days before he died in a shootout with police, the ringleader of the Paris terror attacks boasted that he'd slipped into France without identification papers -- and that 90 people from different countries did the same, a...

"You have already killed enough"

He has been staying inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London since June 2012

A homeless man was sentenced Thursday to at least 50 years in prison in attacks on three women over two days just after Christmas in 2013, according to prosecutors and court records. James Whiteside, 33, pleaded guilty b...

The news comes amid scrutiny of Hillary Clinton's private email server

Last week, I co-moderated a forum of Democrats running for mayor of Baltimore. We had 11 candidates, a feisty standing-room-only audience, more than two feet of snow on the ground--and a potential circus on our hands.

There are questions a female sports reporter is often asked when she first meets someone and her career is revealed. "Do you go in the locker room?" "Have you seen naked players?" Those questions let us know that it's st...

World Bank report says GDP growth could increase from 3.3 percent to 7.8 percent in five years if conflicts ended.

Romanian officials say five people have died and 28 people were injured when a bus slammed into the back of a dump truck carrying a load of sand. …

The WikiLeaks founder's lawyers said Assange must be freed immediately

The U.N. mission to Mali said on Friday that Malian forces backed by U.N. helicopters had retaken a police base in Timbuktu from unknown assailants who had captured it early in the morning. "It's over now," said spokesma...

Pope Francis will meet the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kyril, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi announced Friday.

"That was a political ploy"

"He's decent and honest. He's everything we need in a President"

Turkish forces aren't preparing to invade northern Syria and Russia's allegation that they are is an attempt to hide Moscow's crimes in the war-ravaged nation, a source within the Turkish Prime Minister's office told CNN...

MoreDemocrats Debate Labels in New HampshireFiorina Won’t Make Next Republican Debate The two Democratic presidential contenders met for their first debate without any other candidates on stage. Former Secretary of Sta...

'I happen to be under-rated, by the way'

At some of its stores in the United States, popular retailer IKEA sells stainless steel frying pans at around $20 a pop. Thousands of miles away in the southeastern Chinese province of Guangdong, workers earned as little...

DeRay Mckesson, running for mayor of Baltimore, will be the first from the movement to seek elected office

But Congress would need to approve

Romanian officials say five people died and 28 people were injured when a bus slammed into the back of dump truck