There are calls for a Catholic priest in the US to be removed after he told the funeral of a teenage boy that he might be blocked from heaven because he committed suicide.

Alarmed by the growing popularity of rap music among Russian youth, President Vladimir Putin wants cultural leaders to devise a means of controlling popular music.

A conservative federal judge in Texas has ruled that the US health care law known as Obamacare is unconstitutional, throwing the future of health coverage for millions of Americans into doubt.

French President Emmanuel Macron has visited the site of the Christmas market rampage that left four dead and a dozen injured. President Macron returned from Brussels to meet with families of the victims and police who responded to the attack. The 29-year old gunman was cornered and killed after ope...

UK Prime Minster Theresa May has returned from Brussels after failing to secure any new concessions from European Union leaders. Former UK Independence Party Leader Nigel Farage says it was a ‘shaming moment’ for the UK and Mrs May to see her ‘talked down to by that bunch of gangsters’ in th...

France is preparing to unleash armoured vehicles and thousands of police officers this weekend if violent ‘yellow vest’ protests again take place. Last weekend, anti-government protesters wreaked havoc in Paris for the fourth weekend in a row in opposition to the rising cost of living. More than...

The 2019 Critics Choice Awards left audiences seeing double in two major categories. Two categories ended in ties, with Glenn Close and Lady Gaga both winning the Best Actress award while Amy Adams and Patricia Arquette shared the award for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Televisi...

Three rogue asteroids are set to speed uncomfortably close to the Earth tomorrow.

The Artic’s melting ice may be having a far deeper impact than expected. We’re seeing large, unexpected shifts in the magnetic north pole. And this could be symptomatic of changes deep within the Earth’s core. But could it also throw the entire planet off balance?

The man who allegedly abducted and imprisoned a girl for 88 days in his home after murdering her parents concocted the plan after spotting the girl getting on a school bus, court papers have alleged.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May says MPs risk letting the people down if they do not vote in favour of her Brexit deal. MPs will undertake a meaningful vote on Wednesday but the agreement looks bleak with analysts predicting she could lose the vote by up to 200 votes. UK's Labour and other opposition ...

Indonesian authorities have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the Lion Air passenger plane that crashed into the Java Sea last October. Authorities hope data contained in the cockpit voice recorder, one of two of the aircraft's “black boxes,”will help investigators uncover the cause of t...

An eight-month-old baby boy, battling a viral infection, has died after his mother allegedly gave him vodka so she could go out partying.

Supplied video obtained Tuesday, January 15, 2019, of Australia's Assistant Coach, Rene Meulensteen speaking to FFA TV ahead of the Socceroos' final Group B match at the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 against Syria. Meulensteen talks about the team's preparations and says trainings are now more focussed on ...

13 year old Jayme Closs has been found alive and well after being imprisoned for 88 days. Jake Paterson has been arrested on kidnapping charges and for the alleged murder of Jayme's parents.

The TSA’s unplanned absence rate on Monday was more than double that on the same day a year ago. As the partial government shutdown extended into its 24th day, airports and passengers are feeling the impact. WSJ's Jason Bellini reports.

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have introduced proposals to restrict stock buybacks. WSJ’s Ken Brown explains the basics of buybacks and the economics of the plans. Illustration: Laura Kammermann

Visitors to a popular museum at the Grand Canyon in Arizona over the past two decades have been exposed to radiation from uranium coming from three paint buckets, the park’s safety manager has claimed in a sensational email to staff.

Emmanuel Bilodeau, whose family is at the centre of a measles outbreak in Canada, has revealed he didn’t vaccinate his children because of fears about autism.

A Facebook post has revealed Malia Obama, daughter of the former US President, has political convictions of her own.