Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iran on Sunday, responding to the storming of its embassy in Tehran in an escalating row between the rival Middle East powers over Riyadh’s execution of a Shiite Muslim cleric.
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As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear its first abortion case in nearly a decade, both sides have been quietly gathering vivid personal accounts from women to supplement the dry legal arguments, believing the effort could appeal particularly to swing-vote Justice Anthony Kennedy.
An al Qaeda affiliate has apparently released a new recruitment video, telling Muslims in America that the country has a long history of racism and discrimination and will turn on its Muslim community.
If the phrase “break the Internet” makes you want to break your computer monitor, you’re not alone. Lake Superior State University in Michigan has released its annual list of words and phrases that it says should be banished in the new year.
A gold medal-winning Indian shooter was among 10 people killed in an audacious pre-dawn assault on an air force base, officials said on Sunday as troops worked to clear the compound near India’s border with Pakistan after a 15-hour gunbattle.
Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi Embassy in Tehran early on Sunday morning as Shiite Muslim Iran reacted with fury to Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shi’ite cleric.
Several of the 17 detainees cleared for release from the Guantanamo Bay prison are expected to be transferred next week, a senior U.S. official confirmed to CNN Saturday.
Snakes on a plane? How about a rat? An Air India flight was forced to turn back during its journey from Mumbai to London after a rodent was reportedly spotted on board, the airline said.
In the same week that comedian Bill Cosby was arrested on sexual assault charges, his wife, Camille Cosby, learned she must testify in a civil case against the entertainer filed by seven women who said he defamed them, court documents said.
Hundreds of people got the new year off to a chilly start by wading (and sometimes diving) into the New Year’s Day Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Friday.