The State Department said U.S. intelligence officials are investigating a video that surfaced Monday that appears to show dozens of Nigerian schoolgirls who were seized by a militant Islamist group in a case that's drawn international outrage. The video offers ...

There is nowhere in the world where one form of disaster or the other do not happen. Even the most peaceful of countries cannot but escape such societal ruckus in their quest for development. Who would have thought a country like Norway known for its ...

Beyoncé and her younger sister Solange had a quick getaway over the weekend. Shortly after a violent video between Solange and Jay Z went public, E! News confirmed through immigration reports that the two siblings jetted to Costa Rica for a few days late ...

May 12, 2014 -- A second patient in the U.S. has been identified as having the potentially deadly virus known as MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome), the CDC announced today. The patient, like the first one identified earlier this month, is also a health ...

Twitter has officially rolled out a 'mute' button across official clients and the website, according to the Twitter blog. Muting a user means you won't see their tweets in your timeline, and no more notifications. A muted user can still retweet or reply or favorite your ...

OTTAWA--Canada on Monday imposed "economic sanctions" and travel bans on a dozen Russian and Ukrainian officials, after its European allies announced similar measures following the weekend secession vote by pro-Russian separatists in eastern ...

The ruling party's petition to the Election Commission said the message, put up on Modi's website and YouTube, was also “shown in the entire Varanasi constituency”. The Congress has approached the Election Commission demanding “immediate action” ...

(Reuters) - Striker Eddie Johnson, whose goals helped the United States to qualify for the World Cup, was surprisingly left out of coach Juergen Klinsmann's 30-man provisional squad, announced on Monday. Johnson scored against Panama and Mexico in ...

This undated handout photo provided by NASA shows the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctic. Photo by AP. Text size. Comments (0). Print Page. Send to friend. Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Share. related tags. Environment & Nature · Reuters.

Rome: At least 14 people died when a boat packed with migrants sank between Libya and Italy on Monday, in the latest shipwreck tragedy to hit the Mediterranean. The Italian navy said another 200 people had been rescued, while some media reports ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Looking sad and frightened, dozens of barefoot girls sat huddled together wearing gray Muslim veils as they chanted Quranic verses in Arabic. Some Christians among them said they had converted to Islam. In the video released ...

Members of election committee empty a ballot box after voting closed at a polling station in Donetsk, Ukraine. By Teresa Welsh May 12, 2014 Comments SHARE. Two regions in Eastern Ukraine held a vaguely-worded referendum Sunday in which residents ...

A polling official marks a finger of a woman with indelible ink before she casts her vote on the final day of polling in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Credit Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the ...

MONDAY, May 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Resveratrol — a substance found in red wine, grapes and chocolate may not add years to your life, and it doesn't appear to reduce the risk for heart disease or cancer either, according to new research. “When it ...

FILE - This undated file electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows novel coronavirus particles, also known as the MERS virus, colorized in yellow. Four more ...

Six rapidly melting glaciers in Antarctica are undermining one of the world's largest ice sheets, which if unchecked, could release enough water to significantly raise the sea level world-wide in the centuries to come, scientists said Monday. Based on decades ...

Canadian help has arrived on the ground in Nigeria to join the search for nearly 300 kidnapped schoolgirls, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird confirmed Monday. “I am pleased to say that as we committed to last week, there are Canadians who have arrived ...

People who consumed a diet high in resveratrol, an antioxidant found in grapes, red wine, chocolate and other foods, did not have better rates of death, CVD or cancer compared with people who did not consume high levels of resveratrol, researchers ...

Ukraine separatists declare independence after vote. Separatists in eastern Ukraine declared independence Monday, saying local populations voted overwhelmingly in favor of autonomy a day earlier, and those in Donetsk went a step further and asked to be ...

Ukraine separatists declare independence after vote. Separatists in eastern Ukraine declared independence Monday, saying local populations voted overwhelmingly in favor of autonomy a day earlier, and those in Donetsk went a step further and asked to be ...