Nigerian protesters marched on parliament Wednesday to demand the government and military do more to rescue scores of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists more than two weeks ago. Dubbed "a million woman march" and promoted on Twitter ...

Fox's I Wanna Marry "Harry" looks absolutely ridiculous—and we're already obsessed. The new reality show is essentially Joe Millionaire, but with a Prince Harry look-alike instead of a fake millionaire. The premise: 12 American girls travel to a gorgeous ...

PARIS-- Alstom SA said Wednesday its board unanimously endorsed General Electric Co.'s $17.1 billion cash bid for its energy assets, giving the U.S. company a lead over German rival Siemens AG in a politically charged takeover fight. All board members ...

A TV image captured a rescue crew attending to Ayrton Senna moments after his crash in San Marino. Fuli TV/AP. IMOLA, Italy (AP) -- When Ayrton Senna crashed into a concrete wall during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, a routine day of race coverage ...

Armed men in the occupied Office of the Public Prosecutor in Lugansk, eastern Ukraine, today. Photograph: Zurab Kurtsikidze/EPA. Topics: News · World · Europe · Antonio Spilimbergo · Daniel Baer · Tim Guldimann · Viktor Yanukovich · European Union · Imf ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Bob Hoskins, whose roles ranged from London gangsters to FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover and who starred opposite a cast of cartoon characters in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", has died after a bout of pneumonia, his publicist ...

It's been less than 18 hours since JJ Abrams finally revealed who he had cast to appear in the eagerly anticipated Disney and Lucas Film Star Wars sequel, Episode VII. Also in this section. Tributes as actor Bob Hoskins dies · [TICON-A SLIDESHOW] Actor ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — Scores of girls and young women kidnapped from a school in Nigeria are being forced to marry their Islamic extremist abductors, a civil society group reported Wednesday. Parents say the girls are being sold into marriage to Boko Haram ...

In this undated photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is one form of CRE bacteria, sometimes called ?nightmare bacteria.? (AP Photo/CDC). By Maria Cheng. LONDON — Bacteria resistant to antibiotics have now spread to every ...

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma death row inmate writhed, clenched his teeth and appeared to struggle against the restraints holding him to a gurney before prison officials halted an execution in which the state was using a new drug combination for ...

(RTTNews.com) - Micro-blogging site Twitter Inc ( TWTR ), Tuesday reported a first-quarter loss that widened from last year, hurt by stock-based compensation expense while revenue surged on growth in advertising business. However, results for the quarter ...

New Delhi: Praising the Election Commission's (EC) order to the Gujarat authorities to file a First Information Report (FIR) against BJP's PM nominee Narendra Modi and the electronic media that showed him flashing the "lotus" near the polling booth -- in ...

When Ayrton Senna crashed into a concrete wall during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, a routine day of race coverage transformed into a marathon effort of wall-to-wall reporting for Associated Press writer Piero Valsecchi. "I have to admit that I immediately ...

'The world is headed for a post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries which have been treatable for decades can once again kill,' the UN's World Health Organization warns. BY Ginger Adams Otis. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Published: ...

The egos and indifference of South Sudan's warring leaders have pushed the world's newest country to the brink of famine and a potential genocide, the United Nations warned today. Navi Pillay, the UN's top human rights official said she was “appalled by the ...

The gurney in the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary is pictured in McAlester, Okla. in this April 15, 2008. Execution Witness: Inmate Appeared 'In Pain'. Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett grimaced, clenched his jaw and jerked his body in ...

In a first-of-its-kind report, World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that bacterial infections that can't be treated with the antibiotics of last resort have emerged in every part of the world, which means that patients who pick up E. coli, pneumonia or ...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The Commerce Department reported the nation's gross domestic product grew at a disappointing 0.1% annual rate in the first quarter, less than 2.6% and 4.1% recorded the prior two periods. Overall, it appears 2014 may not be the ...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The Commerce Department reported the nation's gross domestic product grew at a disappointing 0.1% annual rate in the first quarter, less than 2.6% and 4.1% recorded the prior two periods. Overall, it appears 2014 may not be the ...

George Clooney, Hollywood's most eligible bachelor, may be getting hitched. Women -- and men -- are crushed. Photograph by: Giuseppe Aresu , THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The news of film star George Clooney's engagement to London lawyer Amal ...