Rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West's highly anticipated collaboration, "Watch the Throne," was released at midnight Monday on iTunes in standard and deluxe forms. The album hits stores on Aug. 12, a move that was reportedly criticized by independent retailers.
Recent unrest in Xinjiang ? blamed by the national government on Uighur Muslim militants -- has led to dozens of deaths.
Hours after the Arab League condemned the Syrian regime's violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, Saudi Arabia said it was recalling its ambassador to Damascus and denounced the Syrian ?death machine? in harsh language.
The Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church has issued a press release saying that they will picket the funerals of the Norway victims who lost their lives when Anders Breivik set off a bomb in Oslo and gunned down 69 at a youth camp in the island of Utoya.
Polygamist Church Leader Warren Jeffs guilty of sexually assaulting underage brides was never charged with sexually assaulting his nephew, Brent Jeffs, who testified of settlement with uncle in a lawsuit.
The biggest threat to China's grip on its ethnically divided far western frontier comes from homegrown anger exploding in violence, not from Pakistan-based terrorists officials have blamed for the latest bloodshed.
Ending perhaps one of the strangest trials in recent years, which could go down in history as another example of why one does not represent himself in court, a Texas jury on Thursday found the leader of the largest polygamous religious sect in the U.S. guilty of two counts of sexual assault on a child.
Despite having not yet announced his candidacy, many are seemingly already considering Texas Gov. Rick Perry as the man with the best chance to defeat President Barack Obama in 2012.
Polygamist Church Leader Warren Jeffs was convicted on Thursday of sexually assaulting two of his teenage wives.
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs' trial has concluded, and the jury is deliberating the fate of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' fate in the Texas underage sexual assault case.
After hearing tapes of polygamous leader Warren Jeffs' allegedly training his plural wives - including a 14-year-old girl - on group sex, the prosecution is expected to rest its case on Wednesday.
The male descendants of pharaohs are still around! A new study suggests that most of the European men share the DNA of the most famous Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun, also called the boy King Tut.
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg urged Parliament Monday to preserve the democratic values of Norway as public pressure grew for stiffer sentences for serious crimes after an anti-immigration zealot's bloody rampage.
The Obama administration announced Monday that private health insurers must pay for an assortment of women's health screenings, counseling and birth control. The benefits will begin on Jan 1, 2013 and will be offered "without cost-sharing" (no co-pay, co-insurance or deductibles).
The Islamic religious month-long holiday incorporates Qur'an recitation, fasting, charity and prayer to celebrate this festival of giving and sharing.
Ramadan will begin Monday, marking the start of the holy month for Muslims, who are expected to fast and practice abstinence from dawn until sunset.
The petit right wing terror and Islamic terror with extended networks have gained grounds in Western world for few years.
Scientology operates more as a business than as a church, relying on techniques perfected by car salesmen to attract new members and celebrities to its rolls.
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs interrupted his Texas child sexual assault trial on Friday, shouting that his religious rights were being violated and warning the court it was stomping on "sacred ground".
Larisa Popa, 24, has been crowned as Miss Universe Romania 2011 in Bucharest July 29, 2011. Popa will represent Romania at the Miss Universe beauty pageant due to take place on September 12 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs interrupted his Texas child sexual assault trial on Friday, shouting that his religious rights were being violated and warning the court it was stomping on "sacred ground".
A judge blocked a controversial ballot measure that would have banned the circumcisions of minors in San Francisco, citing religious freedom and laws regulating medical procedures in deciding it had "no legitimate purpose."