State Attorney General Dana Nessel has suspended a nearly two-year-long investigation into Michigan State University's handling of complaints against now-imprisoned serial sexual abuser Larry Nassar, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Burkina Faso insurgents killed 35 mostly female civilians on Tuesday after attacking a military outpost in northern Soum Province, and about 87 militants and local security forces were killed in the clash, authorities said.
Boeing Co. documents now under review by a U.S. government committee appear to point to a "very disturbing" picture of commentary from the planemaker's employees over the grounded 737 Max aircraft, a House of Representatives transportation infrastructure committee aide said on Tuesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says his country is sticking with Canada in fighting what he calls China's "coercive detentions of Canadian citizens."
A missile struck a school building in northwestern Syria on Tuesday morning, killing eight civilians, opposition activists said, as government forces captured a key village held by al-Qaeda insurgents in the war-torn country's last rebel stronghold.
Disney has cut a lesbian kiss from the latest Star Wars movie, one of the season's top films, Singapore's media regulator says, so that more children can watch it.
NORAD's annual tracking of Santa delivering gifts around the world comes with another thing on the radar: Any signs of a North Korea missile launch in what Pyongyang officials are calling a "Christmas gift."
A bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia's Sumatra island after its brakes apparently malfunctioned, killing at least 28 people and injuring 13, police and rescuers said Tuesday.
Notre-Dame Cathedral is unable to host Christmas services for the first time since the French Revolution because the Paris landmark was too deeply damaged by this year's fire.
India's federal cabinet approved funds on Tuesday for a census and population survey to be conducted next year, amid fears the database could be used to build a controversial citizens register, against which there have been widespread protests.
A Moscow court on Tuesday extended the detention of former U.S. marine Paul Whelan, a Canadian-American citizen, until March 29 on espionage charges, Interfax news agency reported.
Britain's Prince Philip, the 98-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, has left a London hospital where he had been receiving treatment since Friday and was expected to join other members of the Royal Family for their Christmas celebrations.
