Nearly 1,000 people have been killed in Ukraine since a September ceasefire agreement between the government in Kiev and separatists in the east of the country, the U.N. Human Rights Office revealed in a report.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's attempt to squash the warrant for his arrest was rejected by a Swedish appellate court Thursday. The decision means Assange will likely continue to be confined to the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where the 43-year-old has been living since 2012 when the South American nation granted him asylum.
Some things, though, are so important that they might warrant a special - and, dare we say, non-digital spot. So if there is something you need to remember all the time, every time, why not turn your smartphone into an old-fashioned, analog mnemonic device. Some cool cases for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will do just that.
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Hold on to My Love" were two of the most well-known hits by Motown singer Jimmy Ruffin, who died Monday at a Las Vegas hospital. Ruffin was 78.
A record 366 businesses this year earned a top score in the Corporate Equality Index, which judges their stance on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality, the Human Rights Campaign announced.
JetBlue, the New York-based airline that has long stayed away from unpopular cost-cutting measures used among other carriers, is "breaking hearts" by implementing baggage fees and cutting legroom.
On Wednesday, Isaac Zida, a lieutenant colonel who had temporarily led Burkina Faso after the ouster of the West African country's longtime leader, was named prime minister of a transitional government there.
A former Maryland policeman who shot a handcuffed, unarmed suspect in the back will spend five years in prison. Prosecutors were disappointed with the sentence Johnnie Riley received in Prince George's County Circuit Court.
For fans savoring the newly released trailer for "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb," excitement about the movie may mix with a dose of sadness as the successful franchise's latest installment was one of actor Robin Williams' final films.
The Obama administration is not backing down on executive action on immigration and may soon issue an order protecting up to 5 million people from deportation, sources report citing unnamed officials who say final details are being ironed out.
If Veterans Day has left you filled with patriotic pride, you may be thinking about adding the Stars and Stripes to your iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus. Luckily, flag-themed cases abound for both of these devices.
"The Sims 4," the latest installment in EA Maxis' life-simulation video games, has proved to be just as successful as its predecessors and thus continues the proud tradition of the series' 2000 original. One thing that just as true in the game as it is in real life is that people, or players, sometimes have a taste for the downright grotesque.
In an effort to dispel rumors that its leader had been killed, ISIS on Thursday released a 17-minute audio recording of a man purported to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
A Manhattan prosecutor is putting up as much as $35 million of his office's funds to help overcome a backlog in the testing of rape kits across the nation.
Violent protests erupted Wednesday in the capital of the Mexican state of Guerrero over the still unsolved Sept. 26 disappearance of 43 students in the town of Iguala.
The New York Fire Department on Wednesday rescued two window washers who had been trapped on a scaffolding 69 stories up the side of New York City's newly inaugurated 1 World Trade City.
Turkish nationalists yelling "Yankee go home!" on Wednesday attacked three American sailors in Istanbul. A group of about 10 men pushed the servicemen, who were not in uniform, and threw objects at them.
Black Friday is just about two weeks away, and many retailers have already announced what hard-to-resist deals they will be luring customers with this year.
An early-morning Kerfuffle on the New York City subway on Saturday ended in four arrests and a viral Internet video. A fellow rider's cell phone camera caught the altercation between two passengers, whom police identified as 21-year-old Danay Howard and 25-year-old Jorge Peña.
The United Nations agency tasked with protecting refugees worries that as many as a million people who fled violence in Iraq and Syria may be left "without proper help" in the coming winter.
A flow of lava from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island on Tuesday ignited and destroyed a house in Pahoa village. No one was hurt in the incident as residents had long evacuated the affected area.
Gay couples in Kansas are still unable to file for marriage licenses despite last week's decision by a federal judge to strike down the state's ban on same-sex unions.
Buying an iPhone 6 from the Apple Store will set you back $199 if it's gray or silver. And if it's gold? Not a penny more. Not so for the Apple Watch, whose 18-karat gold version may come in at as much as $5,000 - more than 14 times the expected price tag for a "standard" timepiece.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned President Barack Obama to stir away from executive action on the immigration issue. Such unilateral action would not be in concert with the U.S. political system, she said.
