Tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories remained high Friday as Israel rejected a ceasefire proposal from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry amid ongoing clashes between thousands of protesters and Israeli authorities in the West Bank and Gaza
Analysis of photographs from the scene where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came down, showing debris and victims' bodies, finds a minority view
A senior aide to Obama suggested Friday that Sen. Rand Paul would be the greatest threat to Democrats’ hopes to retain the White House in 2016
Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput is reported as saying the pontiff has accepted his invitation to attend the World Meeting of Families in September 2015 and that Vatican spokesman Frederico Lombardi said the pope has expressed "his willingness to participate"
Nigeria's health ministry announced that the virus responsible for hundreds of deaths across West Africa may have hit the continent's most populous city, Lagos, and that officials are testing a Liberian man after he collapsed at an airport and displayed symptoms
After the company announced a wider-than-expected loss Thursday, the stock fell around 11% by around noon on Friday, helping push the entire market lower today. “We can’t wait until we start seeing some profits in shareholders’ hands," investors said
The Obama administration is reportedly considering granting refugee status to young Hondurans in a bid to stem the tide of unaccompanied Central American children flooding over the Mexico border, a move officials believe could be done by executive action
President François Hollande said the 'disintegrated' wreckage of AH5017, which had been traveling from Ouagadougou to Algiers before contact cut out Thursday, was found in Mali but that none of the 116 thought to be aboard survived
Andreja Pejic, the famously androgynous Serbian fashion icon who has modeled both men’s and women’s styles, came out as a transgender woman on her Facebook page Thursday, saying she hoped she would inspire other transgender youths
The number of girls under the age of 18 captured at the US-Mexico border has increased by 77% this year, from 7,339 to 13,008, according to Pew Research Center analysis released Friday. The number of young boys apprehended is still much higher, but only saw an 8% rise
They debuted a trailer for Interstellar, which the True Detective actor called "the most ambitious film that Christopher Nolan has ever directed" — which is saying something for the man who envisioned Inception and the Dark Knight trilogy
After a two-week legal spat with state officials, ride-sharing service Lyft is finally taking off in New York City Friday at 7 p.m. ET. Unlike in other cities, the service will be operated by commercial drivers only in New York City’s five boroughs
As part of a governmental initiative, squatters are being removed from their residences by armed forces.
