Jerusalem (CNN) -- The body of a Palestinian teen slain in Jerusalem will be turned over to his family on Friday, the boy's father said. Hussain Abu Khedair said Thursday the family expects to be given the body of his son Mohammad after Friday prayers.

Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Emboldened by a weakened Iraqi government that is struggling to stop their murderous advance, the extremists of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria declared over the weekend that they have set up a caliphate spanning large areas of ...

(CNN) -- A Sudanese Christian woman who had been sentenced to die for refusing to renounce her faith and her husband were released from custody late Thursday, the two told CNN. Mariam Yehya Ibrahim and her husband, Daniel Wani, said that they were ...

Washington (CNN) -- How big of a threat is ISIS really? The White House wants to find out and is deploying as many as 300 military advisers to Iraq to assess the might of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The jihad group's rash battlefield successes make ...

(CNN) -- UK Foreign Secretary William Hague is to announce plans Tuesday for the United Kingdom to reopen its embassy in Tehran, Iran, closed since an attack by protesters in 2011 prompted a dramatic breakdown in relations. Hague's expected ...

(CNN) -- Father's Day holds a unique place in America's culture. It was a bit of an afterthought, originating in 1910 -- some 40 years after Mother's Day -- after a woman in Spokane, Washington, campaigned that dads needed to be honored, too,. She was right.

(CNN) -- Father's Day holds a unique place in America's culture. It was a bit of an afterthought, originating in 1910 -- some 40 years after Mother's Day -- after a woman in Spokane, Washington, campaigned that dads needed to be honored, too,. She was right.

(CNN) -- Father's Day holds a unique place in America's culture. It was a bit of an afterthought, originating in 1910 -- some 40 years after Mother's Day -- after a woman in Spokane, Washington, campaigned that dads needed to be honored, too,. She was right.

Kano, Nigeria (CNN) -- Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped at least 20 young women over the weekend in northeastern Nigeria, 8 kilometers from a town where more than 200 schoolgirls were taken nearly two months ago, local officials said Monday.

(CNN) -- Daniel Ricciardo took advantage of a rare sign of vulnerability from the all-conquering Mercedes team to score his maiden victory in a thrilling finish to the Canadian Grand Prix Sunday. The Red Bull rookie overtook title leader Nico Rosberg in the ...

Hong Kong (CNN) -- At least 1,900 Hong Kongers took the streets to call for democracy on a sweltering Sunday afternoon, an energetic prelude to Wednesday's scheduled mass vigil honoring the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The husband of a Pakistani woman stoned to death for refusing to participate in an arranged marriage told CNN her family had demanded 100,000 rupees if the couple wanted to stay alive. Husband Mohammad Iqbal said he ...

(CNN) -- Traitor or patriot? Low-level systems analyst or highly trained spy? Slammed by top U.S. government officials and facing espionage charges in the United States, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden described how he sees ...

(CNN) -- Traitor or patriot? Low-level systems analyst or highly trained spy? Slammed by top U.S. government officials and facing espionage charges in the United States, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden described how he sees ...

(CNN) -- Traitor or patriot? Low-level systems analyst or highly trained spy? Slammed by top U.S. government officials and facing espionage charges in the United States, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden defended his decision to ...

Isla Vista, California (CNN) -- The angst leading up to the 10 minutes of horror was years in the making. Elliot Rodger was frustrated by his height, his parents' divorce and his lack of success with women -- and wrote 140 pages detailing as much.

Isla Vista, California (CNN) -- The angst leading up to the 10 minutes of horror was years in the making. Elliot Rodger was frustrated by his height, his parents' divorce and his lack of success with women -- and wrote 140 pages detailing as much.

(CNN) -- At least 118 people were killed Tuesday in twin blasts at a market in the central Nigerian city of Jos, an official said, warning the toll could climb. The explosions, which targeted Terminus market, went off some 20 to 30 minutes apart, setting fire to the ...

(CNN) -- Australian motor racing legend Jack Brabham -- a three-time Formula One world champion and the only driver to win the title in a car bearing his name -- has died aged 88. Over the course of a 15-year Formula One career beginning in 1955, ...

(CNN) -- Four people have been arrested in connection with last week's coal mine fire in Soma, Turkey, that killed 301 miners, the country's semiofficial Anadolu news agency reported. Soma Coal Mining Company operating manager Akin Celik, engineers ...