A little known engineer will take over as chief executive of Honda, one of the world's top 10 automakers, in late June. Takahiro Hachigo will replace Takanobu Ito, whose six-year tenure saw the Japanese company struggle through the global financial crisis, natural disasters and damaging recalls.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joined the Geneva negotiations over Iran's nuclear program on Monday as a two-phase deal between Washington and Tehran seemed to be taking shape.
"The Sims 4," the latest installment of Electronic Arts' successful life-simulation series, has been a huge success since its release on Sept. 2, 2014. And the seemingly infinite number of cheats the game's developers included certainly contributes to the fun for many players.
Foreign runners will not be allowed to compete in the annual Pyongyang marathon this year as North Korea is limiting participation to its own citizens. The decision was apparently made over concerns over the Ebola virus, which North Korean state media have suggested was created by the U.S. military as a biological weapon.
The FBI has been staging mock attacks at American shopping malls to test its readiness after a siege rocked an upscale complex in Nairobi, Kenya, two years ago.
Two tropical cyclones hit the north-eastern Australian state of Queensland and the country's Northern Territory on Friday. The storms, named Marcia and Lam, knocked out power, damaged homes and forced evacuations in coastal areas.
Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush seems to have poached some prominent donors and power brokers from the home state of one of his chief rivals, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani made a "horrible" statement when he claimed President Barack Obama does not love America, the White House said on Thursday.
Neil Patrick Harris is not only about to host the 87th annual Academy Awards, but the actor and comedian also stars once again in ads for the traditional clothing label London Fog. In the American company's spring ad campaign, a "debonair" Harris "did his best Gene Kelly impression."
Some 4,200 refugees have been rescued from the frigid waters of the Mediterranean Sea over the course of just five days, suggesting a record-setting surge in migrants. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees warned that the situation off Italy's coastlines was "out of control."
Washington and Tehran are trying to narrow their differences over Iran's nuclear program in talks set to begin Friday in Geneva. Negotiators failed to meet a self-imposed deadline in November to end the 12-year standoff over Tehran's nuclear capabilities. Top U.S. and Iranian diplomats will now again try to strike a deal.
Converse sneakers have been popular for years -- and all over the world -- and fashion icon Beyoncé seems to approve of the iconic American brand. The 33-year-old singer not only enjoys wearing the canvas footwear herself, but she has apparently also outfitted her 3-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, with a pair.
Technology giant Apple may be trying to expand beyond computers, smartphones and watches to develop an automobile, a lawsuit filed in Massachusetts federal court suggests. Electric-car battery maker A123 Systems is accusing the California company of poaching top engineers in an effort to build a large-scale battery division.
Bill and Hillary Clinton's nonprofit received hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Canadian government agency. Ottawa's Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Department in 2014 donated between $250,000 and $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation in an apparent attempt to promote the embattled Keystone XL project.
The terminology Barack Obama employs as the United States fights ISIS, al-Qaida and other Islamist militants has come under scrutiny as the president hosts a three-day White House summit on the fight against terrorism.
If you have dreamed of a DeLorean iPhone case since 1985 (when, admittedly, time travel would have been required to spark your desire), you're in luck: A Japanese outlet is offering a very special, "Back to the Future"-inspired cover.
The Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday accused the ISIS terror group of using organ harvesting as a way to finance its operations and asked the U.N. Security Council to take action.
Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine took the embattled town of Debaltseve on Wednesday as government forces retreated, the Associated Press reported. The rebels hoisted a flag over the town in triumph and said they had taken hundreds of Kiev's soldiers captive.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" has begun production in Queensland, the northeastern Australian state known for its pristine Gold Coast,.
Conan O'Brien has taken a cue from President Barack Obama's efforts to warm ties with Cuba and, over the past weekend, filmed the March 4 episode of his TBS show in Havana.
The head of the Alabama court system is using a states' rights argument that conjures up "ghosts of slavery, the Civil War and the battle against desegregation" in his fight to stop same-sex marriage in the state. Chief Justice Roy Moore instructed probate judges to defy federal court rulings and refuse to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.
An American tourist was was savagely gored during a bullfighting festival in western Spain is recovering in the intensive-care unit of a hospital in Salamanca. Benjamin Miller, a 20-year-old from Georgia, underwent a three-hour operation to repair damage to thighs, sphincter and back muscles.
Michele Ferrero, the patriarch of the eponymous Italian maker known for its Nutella hazelnut spread and toy-filled Kinder eggs, died on Saturday in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Ferrero turned the Piemonte chocolate factory founded by his father, Pietro, into a dominant business in the global candy market.
Despite the ceasefire brokered at last week's top-level Minsk summit, fighting continued on Monday in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists exchanged what the news service called "intense" fire around the bitterly contested town of Debaltseve.
The collapse of the American-backed government in Yemen took the U.S. intelligence community by surprise, the Obama administration's senior counterterrorism official admitted on Thursday as he testified before Congress.
