Reuters

Commenters on Googleblog said the controversy likely would drive much bigger audiences than the movie otherwise would have drawn.

The ruble plunged to all-time lows last week on heavy falls in the price of oil and Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.

The AAA estimates that 98.6 million people, up 4 percent from last year, will travel over 50 miles during the period from Tuesday to Jan. 4.

Assam, in northeastern India, has a history of sectarian bloodshed and armed groups fighting for secession.

Super Saturday - the last pre-Christmas Saturday, which fell on Dec. 20 this year - failed to make up for spotty performance this season.

The technician's risk of exposure to Ebola, even if the virus were active, was believed to be low.

The Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry is an early season MVP candidate.

The former New Jersey governor's bankrupt firm has been slapped with $1.2 billion in restitution and a $100 million penalty.

Several of the air raids targeted Islamic State positions near the Kurdish border town of Kobani, Syria.

Data released Wednesday showed the fourth straight week of declines in claims.

Russia will take on credit risk for firms, whose foreign debt obligations have shot up in ruble terms because of the currency's sharp slide.

South Korea had traced multiple Internet addresses involved in the cyberattack to a northeastern Chinese city near North Korea.

The preparations to increase the number of contractors underscores President Obama's growing commitment in Iraq.

South Korea has indicted the CEO and local subsidiary of Uber Technologies for violating a law governing public transport.

Rousseff appointed 13 new ministers, while trying to avoid picking any name that could be linked to the Petrobras corruption probe.

RBS launched an internal review into its FX activities after it was one of six banks fined a combined $4.3 billion last month.

Grimm's defiant declaration could put Republican leaders in a difficult position as Democrats have already begun calling for his resignation.

Despite rapid economic growth over the past two decades, successive governments have kept a tight rein on healthcare expenditure.

The program aims to engineer and produce a limited initial number of the vehicles to replace the Vietnam War-era M113.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet resigned on Wednesday, setting the stage for him to launch a new government with a defense minister whose support for Japan having a stronger pre-emptive strike capability could rile China.

From the dingy donut shops of Manhattan to the cloistered police watering holes in Brooklyn, a number of black NYPD officers say they have experienced the same racial profiling that cost Eric Garner his life.

The currency controls have become a primary concern of foreign investors who believe they are draining international reserves.

U.S. Representative Michael Grimm of New York pleaded guilty to a federal felony tax charge on Tuesday, seven weeks after coasting to reelection despite his indictment.

The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday renounced Ukraine's "non-aligned" status with the aim of eventually joining NATO.

UNITAR found that 24 sites were completely destroyed, 189 severely or moderately damaged and a further 77 possibly damaged.

Spending by households drove Britain's economic recovery once again in the third quarter despite a slight fall in disposable incomes.

China's private sector suitors are set to drive another strong year of Asian mergers and acquisitions in 2015.

Oil prices could begin finding a new equilibrium by the end of 2015, even in the absence of any production cuts by OPEC.

Apple has pushed out its first-ever automated security update to Macintosh computers to help defend against newly identified bugs.