Facebook Inc on Tuesday said it would stop Australians sharing news content on its platforms if a proposal to make it pay local media outlets for their content becomes law, further escalating tension with the Australian government.
Liberty University announced Monday that it is opening an independent investigation into Jerry Falwell Jr.'s tenure as president, that will include financial, real estate and legal matters. Falwell Jr. says he has 'nothing to hide.'
Adult film star Ron Jeremy was charged Monday with 20 new counts of rape or sexual assault, two months after he was charged with the rape of three women and the sexual assault of a fourth.
A federal appeals court won't order the dismissal of the Michael Flynn prosecution, permitting a judge to scrutinize the U.S. Justice Department's request to dismiss its case against the former Trump administration national security adviser.
Sudan's power-sharing government signed a peace agreement with key rebel groups on Monday, a significant step toward resolving deep-rooted conflicts from the long rule of ousted leader Omar al-Bashir.
Most of the people arrested in demonstrations against police brutality since the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha were not city residents, according to police.
Wildlife rangers have trapped a 4.4-metre saltwater crocodile at a tourist destination in Australia's Northern Territory, the biggest caught in the area in years, a wildlife ranger said Monday.
Rwanda said on Monday it had detained Paul Rusesabagina — the man who was hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country's 1994 genocide — on terrorism charges and paraded him in front of media in handcuffs.
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's neuroscience startup Neuralink has unveiled a pig named Gertrude that has had a coin-sized computer chip in its brain for two months, showing off an early step toward the goal of curing human diseases with the same type of implant.
U.S. cases of the novel coronavirus are approaching six million as many states in the Midwest report increasing infections, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Here's a look at what's happening with the coronavirus around the world.
A three-year-old girl entangled in the tail of a giant kite survived a terrifying ride after being swept more than 30 metres into the air during a kite festival in Taiwan, video footage posted on social media on Sunday showed.
Mustapha Adib, a Lebanese diplomat, was appointed to form a new government on Monday after winning the backing of major political parties in the crisis-hit country, which is still reeling from a devastating explosion that killed and wounded thousands of people.
A Star of David-adorned El Al plane took off Monday from Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, carrying a high-ranking American and Israeli delegation to Abu Dhabi in the first-ever direct commercial passenger flight to the United Arab Emirates.
Canadian artist The Weeknd won the top prize at the MTV Video Music Awards show on Sunday, taking video of the year for Blinding Lights.
