Turkish media reports say several people have been injured in an explosion in Istanbul. The private Dogan news agency says the explosion occurred Tuesday in the city's historic Sultanahmet...

A key oil benchmark plunged below $31 per barrel Tuesday, continuing the downward trend of the previous day. Brent crude traded as low as $30.64 on the market, the lowest since 2004. A number of...

It's perhaps not so surprising that the word "androgynous" was spiking on the Merriam-Webster online dictionary after David Bowie's death was announced, as people looked up a word so...

For $200 million, the Playboy Mansion, where risque parties have raged for decades, could be yours. But you might want to think twice if you're aiming to close escrow on the famous property that...

Actor Sean Penn said he has "nothin' to hide," after images published Monday indicated he was under surveillance when he met with the Mexican actress who led him to Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman —...

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has announced his engagement to Jerry Hall, the American actress and former supermodel who had a long-time relationship with Mick Jagger. Murdoch, 84, and Hall, 59,...

A string of attacks on women in Cologne on New Year's Eve blamed largely on foreigners was "intolerable," Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said Monday, but "nothing excuses" retaliatory...

Aid convoys were heading to besieged villages in northern Syria and near the Lebanese border on Monday, Syria's official news agency and humanitarian groups said, as residents gathered...

Mexico began the process of extraditing drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States, two days after the famed fugitive was recaptured following a dramatic, months-long hunt featuring...

MEXICO-DRUG LORD MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials formally launch the process to extradite re-captured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States, starting what could be a...