A man eyed for years as a possible suspect in the 2002 fatal shooting of hip-hop pioneer Jam Master Jay pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Tuesday and remained in federal custody, where he is already serving a prison sentence for robbery.
The migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea in the largest recorded shipwreck off the Libyan coast this year, UN agencies said on Wednesday.
After a resounding defeat in the UN Security Council, the United States is poised to call for the United Nations to reimpose sanctions on Iran under a rarely used diplomatic manoeuvre — a move that is likely to further isolate the Trump administration and may set off a credibility crisis for the UN.
Apple has become the first U.S. company to boast a market value of $2 trillion US, just two years after it became the first to reach $1 trillion US.
Laura Loomer, a far-right online provocateur whose hate speech got her banned from many social media platforms, won her Republican primary on Tuesday and will challenge Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel for Congress in November.
BlackBerry Ltd. is teaming up with a Texas-based startup to launch a new 5G-enabled version of its well-known smartphone in the first half of 2021 aimed at the North American and European markets.
Waste management company GFL has been accused of misleading accounting by an American short seller with a history of targeting Canadian companies.
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is accused of raping a woman twice in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013, according to a lawsuit that escalates the severity of the growing number of claims against him.
Thousands of people were under orders to evacuate broad areas of Northern California Wednesday as some 30 wildfires blazed across the state amid a blistering heat wave now in its second week.
Pope Francis on Wednesday warned against any prospect that rich people would get priority for a coronavirus vaccine. The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to join a global pact aimed at ensuring less wealthy countries have access to vaccines.
An Alaska tribal group has filed a lawsuit against state officials claiming the commercial fishing permit system unfairly prevents local anglers from fishing on their traditional grounds.
Soldiers who ousted Mali's president and government in a military coup that drew condemnation abroad promised on Wednesday to restore stability and oversee a transition to elections within a "reasonable" time.
A series of crashes allegedly caused by a 30-year-old Iraqi man on a Berlin highway was an Islamic extremist attack, prosecutors told the German news agency dpa on Wednesday.
European Union leaders are set to tighten sanctions against Belarus at an emergency video conference on the crisis on Wednesday, EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton said.
New video footage appears to show Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri was shoved twice before pushing back against Alameda County sherriff's deputy Alan Strickland while trying to reach the court after the team won the NBA championship in June 2019.
