With two executions Monday, Saudi Arabia is on course to break 1995's record, when 192 people were beheaded.
The announcement is likely to rattle the Philippines and the United States.
The media wing of al Qaeda in Yemen confirmed that its leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi was killed Monday.
The United States donated $5 billion to the coalition fighting Boko Haram militants.
Rachel Dolezal, the former president the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Washington, is to talk publicly for the first time since the allegations surfaced.
The warning came after several Saudi nationals were poisoned at an Iranian hotel last week.
A tornado warning expired earlier in the evening, but the inclement weather has delayed flights and postponed an MLB game.
The resolution passed unanimously Monday night, 391-0.
A firm with ties to Obama would get billions from a Pentagon plan to cut future veterans’ guaranteed pension benefits.
Religious police arrested several people at two parties in Jeddah on suspicion of homosexuality, a crime in the conservative kingdom.
U.S. and Venezuelan officials -- including a Venezuelan leader reportedly targeted in a U.S. investigation -- met to smooth relations during a weekend meeting in Haiti.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush made it only 10 sentences into his announcement speech before taking a swing.
The district attorney for the county that encompasses McKinney, Texas, has called for an independent investigation into the McKinney pool incident.
As Kurdish fighters advance on ISIS territory in Tel Abyad, Syrian rebels attack the regime-held city of Aleppo.
Touting his experience as governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, the son and brother of former presidents, announced Monday he is running for president of the United States.
Once she arrived at the police bureau, she told officers she had already deleted the retweet.
The Myanmar government's decision to rescue and house Rohingya Muslims trapped in the Bay of Bengal has infuriated its Buddhist majority.
Conflating transgender and racial identity experiences does more to harm than help transgender women of color, activists say.
Russia's Barents Sea military exercises reminded observers Moscow sits next to the energy-rich Arctic and demonstrates its capabilities in harsh environments.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir can still be arrested anywhere and by anyone -- but the will to do so is lacking.
The 61-year-old has a history of disliking the spotlight.
Colorado's highest court sided with Dish Network against a quadriplegic worker who was fired after failing a drug test.
Medical officials oversaw brutal interrogations and provided feedback to the CIA in a manner watchdogs say constituted human experimentation.
“Our plan is to seriously expand economic and technical ties with Russia,” a high-ranking energy official in Iran said.
The 12 students from Tel Aviv University had hoped to visit the Paris museum at the end of the month, but were turned down.
The unusual ruling caps a trial that featured a high-profile list of witnesses who played indelible roles during the financial crisis.
After months of fundraising, the Republican former governor announced he's joining the crowded GOP presidential-hopeful field.
The FDA will use data from 350,000 members of a website called PatientsLikeMe to detect harmful side effects or rare reactions to medicines.
The report found that in 2012, 34 percent of FBI flights taken that year were for executive travel.
The Justice Department is investigating documents that were destroyed by the Pentagon continues.