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Of all the tributes paid to Prince, from the president to the Empire State Building lit up in purple, one point can't be stressed enough: Prince made the world come to him. He was an exquisite freak who began on the marg...

To save the world from worse nuclear fallout, the Soviets in 1986 hastily constructed temporary sarcophagus around failed reactor

When the TV critic Andy Greenwald, who is 38, returned to his high school near Philadelphia last May to speak to students about his job, he wondered how it would go. After all, today's students are a digital generation w...

A judge sentenced a veteran to spend one night in jail for a probation violation, but the former soldier was shocked when the judge served the time with him. CNN affiliate WRAL reports.

North Korea says it successfully tested a submarine-launched missile, while its foreign minister tells AP his country is ready to give up further nuclear tests under conditions

Official says temporary measure aims to ensure Anbar's provincial capital is cleared of explosives left behind by ISIL.

UN envoy suspends session as representatives of rival Houthi and government delegations fail to make progress.

Authorities say two officers are in stable condition and the suspect is dead following a shooting Saturday at a Walmart in suburban Phoenix

Pope Francis is praying that a "merciful" God will touch the hearts of those in Syria who have abducted Catholic and Orthodox faithful, including bishops and priests, so that the captives will be released soon. …

Ecuador's government says the death toll from last week's devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake has risen to 654 with another 58 people missing

The Obama administration will likely soon release at least part of a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 that may shed light on possible Saudi connections to the attackers

A liberal women's group has held a special Passover prayer service at a Jerusalem holy site, drawing criticism from the site's ultra-Orthodox rabbi, who called it a "provocation." …

Among the 38,000 competitors, one will notch up a landmark, while an elite group of 12 will set their own extraordinary record If things go according to plan, Sunday should be a memorable one in the Finill household. Jul...

Somini Sengupta, a New York Times journalist born in Kolkata, talks about her book on India's youth 'bulge'• The End of Karma extract: 'I am not bound by my past,' the voice tells her, 'I make me' Somini Sengupta was e...

A renewed gun control debate has emerged in Australia amid a review of the National Firearms Agreement and questions whether the country should import a particular type of shotgun

The Ministry of Defence should lose its immunity from prosecution over deaths of members of the armed forces during training, say MPs.

A British father and two of his children have died in a car crash on a motorway near Dijon, French police say.

Egypt's president is urging people to defend the state and its institutions from "the forces of evil" a day before planned demonstrations against his policies, including the transfer of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabi...

The victims were all members of the Rhoden family.

An opposition monitoring group says at least 14 people, including two young siblings, have been killed in Syria's largest city, Aleppo, as rebels and government forces trade fire

The Norwegian Air Force says an F-16 fighter jet accidentally fired at a lookout tower near three military personnel during target practice earlier this month, but that no one was hurt. …

President Obama's final day in the United Kingdom included two British traditions: Shakespeare and golf. A visit to London's Globe Theatre to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespere's death began the president's day. Ob...