It is also unknown why it took Ankara more than three years to file the charges.
The Obamas by Jodi Kantor, released on Jan. 10 by publisher Little, Brown and Company, unveils the first couple's time in the White House so far. The book delves into the difficult adjustments they had to make, particularly the first lady's acclimation to her new role.
Controversy erupted on Wednesday, after the release of a video showing semi-naked Jarawa tribal women in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands being forced to dance in front of tourists in return for food.
News of the scandalous exploitation of the Jarawa tribe on India's Andaman Island, following the release of undated footage showing members of the ancient tribe coerced into entertaining tourists in exchange for food, has sparked worldwide outrage.
Autopsy results revealed that Michael Philbin, the 21-year-old son of Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin, drowned. The Oshkosh Police Department issued a preliminary report on Wednesday saying the cause of death was fresh water drowning, though no foul play is suspected.
Legendary rock band The Velvet Underground sued Andy Warhol's foundation for trademark infringement over a banana logo the late artist created for the band's debut album.
Joran van der Sloot, 24, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the 2010 killing of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman he met at a Lima casino, The Associated Press reported.
Khat is increasingly popular in Europe, with the Netherlands as a key transport hub.
The parents of Florida A&M band member Richard Champion said they'll sue the company that owns the bus where he was hazed before he died.
Cops have arrested a New York City cab driver for allegedly raping a female passenger at knifepoint in May. The victim, a 26-year-old woman, had been heading to her Manhattan building from a bar in Williamsburg.
Casey Anthony's two-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony, was murdered without a doubt, according to the Chief Medical Examiner who performed the autopsy.
The betrayals of real estate magnate Edul Ahmad, though brought to light nearly six months ago, continue to haunt the residents of the Guyanese-dominated Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens.
A Polish military prosecutor defending his department against allegations that it had broken the law shot himself in the head Monday after cutting short a news conference. The cameras were still rolling.
Some Conservative Muslim groups are calling for a boycott of Sawiris' many companies.
The Miami Marlins' new pitcher Mark Buehrle would rather stick by his pit bull pooch than abide by Miami-Dade County laws.
An unconventional dress which an eighteen-year-old girl is seen to be wearing in a portrait and the rejection of the photo from Durango High School's yearbook have drawn a nation-wide debate.
A wrongful death lawsuit linked to a defining moment of the Iraq war has ended with the company formerly known as Blackwater agreeing to settle with the families of four security contractors killed in a gruesome 2004 ambush.
Whistle-blowers earned more than $532 million in 2011 through lawsuits alleging fraud against the U.S. government, a record for such payouts, according to a law-firm study published on Friday.
The hunt is on for a malicious art thief who stole a painting on Tuesday from Woodward Gallery, located at 133 Eldridge St. in the Lower East Side.
Chad A. Verdi and Noah Kraft were planning to make a movie of Knox’s sensational sex-murder case if they could have agreed to a deal.
The FDA's highly praised announcement only applies to a drug that is barely used by the agricultural industry.
There are no heroes in stories like this. Everyone comes out looking bad.
Grooveshark has been sued by the large record company EMI Group Ltd, which accused the popular digital music service of paying no royalties since entering a licensing agreement to stream music nearly three years ago.
The increasingly ugly divorce between White House party crashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi continues to grab headlines, despite audience fatigue with the publicity-seeking reality TV personalities.
A video diary of Casey Anthony, the 25-year-old Florida mom who was cleared of killing her daughter Caylee, 2, surfaced online on Thursday. The video, which MSNBC, has confirmed is of Anthony, is her first public statement since she left prison last July.
The Washington Governor Chris Gregoire supports same-sex marriages and wants to legalize it. The 64-year-old democrat announced that she believes in equality and would introduce a bill to legalize same-sex marriages in Washington. It's time, it's the right thing to do, and I will introduce a bill to do it, Gregoire said in a statement posted on her Web site. I say that as a wife, a mother, a student of the law, and above all as a Washingtonian with a lifelong commitment to equa...
A German citizen was charged Wednesday with setting dozens of fires across Los Angeles over the New Year's weekend in a spree an arson investigator said was motivated by a rage against Americans.
Holiday moviegoers in Chicago got more than what they paid for when 34-year-old Edward L. Brown decided to strip down and show off for the crowd of families and children. He told police he was waiting for a woman to do heroin, cocaine, and have sex with in the front row.
British police have launched a murder investigation after a woman's body was discovered on Queen Elizabeth's Sandringham country estate in eastern England.
Three men were arrested and a fourth is being sought by the FBI in what investigators said was a scheme to market stem cells as miracle cures to desperate people suffering from terminal diseases.
