Indonesian plane crash: Search resumes

Search and rescue teams resumed their efforts Monday after an Indonesian airliner crashed with 54 people on board.

Australian PM's gay sister: Marriage equality is a human right

Weddings can be a stressful time for any family.It's particularly the case for Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and his sister, Christine Forster, who's engaged to her female partner and says she'd rather get married "sooner rather than later."

Chinese chemical blasts: 112 dead, 95 still missing

Luo Shuhui's home was 700 meters from the chemical plant that exploded last week, hurling fireballs into the sky.

'I am Batman,' Trump tells boy on helicopter ride

A helicopter landed here just after noon on Saturday, causing a short but violent windstorm. Large trees shivered; small ones bent nearly sideways. Dust swirled up from the parking lot, stinging the eyes of the onlookers.

China Tianjin blasts: Evacuations as sodium cyanide found

The Chinese authorities have ordered the evacuation of residents within a 3km radius of the Tianjin blast site over fears of chemical contamination.

Massive blasts rock Chinese city of Tianjin, killing 17 and injuring over 300

Nine firefighters are dead and dozens more remain missing in the wake of massive blasts at an industrial warehouse in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin overnight, China's state-run news agency Xinhua reported Thursday. It wasn't immediately clear whether the firefighters' deaths were included in the overall death toll of 17 that Chinese state media reported earlier.

Airline begins weighing passengers for 'safety'

"Now if you could please step on the scale, we need to check your weight."A common request at your doctor's office, sure. But at the airport?

Hillary Clinton to turn over private email server to Justice Department

Hillary Clinton agreed to turn over her private email server to authorities on Tuesday, the same day an intelligence community inspector general told congressional committees that at least five emails from the server did contain classified information.

U.S. begins manned airstrikes from Turkey targeting ISIS

For the first time, the United States launched manned airstrikes from a base in Turkey against ISIS forces in Syria, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

Jimmy Carter says he has cancer and it has spread

Former President Jimmy Carter has cancer, and it has spread to other parts of his body, he announced Wednesday.