Ukraine's President Poroshenko says 1,200 prisoners held by separatist rebels have been handed over under the terms of a ceasefire agreement. The two sides are meant to exchange all their prisoners of war in line with the accord struck on Friday.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A rare respiratory illness has likely sickened hundreds of children across the United States, including cases in Illinois and possibly Chicago. The outbreak in 10 states of what medical officials believe is enterovirus 68 is especially prevalent ...

StockMarketWire.com - The FTSE 100 index started the week by falling back sharply and although it recovered some of the lost ground during the afternoon fears that Scotland's voters may opt for independence in next week's referendum has hit investor ...

Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN:US), the world's largest online retailer, cut the price of its Fire smartphone to 99 cents with a two-year contract through AT&T Inc., seeking to boost adoption of the device six weeks after it went on sale. The 32-gigabyte phone ...

MOGADISHU—At least 12 people were killed Monday after an al-Shabaab suicide car bomber hit a convoy of African Union peacekeepers outside Somalia's capital, a police official said, in apparent retaliation for the slaying of the militant group's leader in last ...

The news that the Duchess of Cambridge is about eight weeks' pregnant has come just 10 days before the Scottish referendum. Saturation coverage of Kate's uterus could make the Scots vote to split from the UK or stay with us, but it will at least give whoever ...

For all the attention it gets, the vast majority of Americans remain a little perplexed by just what Twitter is and why they should use it — so perplexed the company is tinkering with the essence of the core product in the interest of making it more user-friendly.

"How I Met Your Mother" star Neil Patrick Harris, 41, married his partner David Burtka, 39, in an intimate Saturday ceremony in Italy, PEOPLE reports. Neil Patrick Harris marries David Burtka. 0 comments. Actor Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka attend the ...

Scottish actor Alan Cumming hit the independence campaign trail yesterday and urged people to “please grab this wonderful opportunity with both hands”. He joined Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Glasgow to claim that a Yes vote was the ...

Twitter is testing a way to let users go shopping or make charitable contributions. (Richard Drew / Associated Press). By Bloomberg News. BusinessTwitter, Inc.E-Commerce IndustryAmazon.com Inc.Live NationTicketmaster. Twitter is partnering with payment ...

The Jack the Ripper case is now said to be closed after an amateur sleuth used DNA testing to find out his identity. We often think of DNA testing as infallible, but here are four reasons we should be wary. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; Email. Jack the Ripper ...

David.Orban / FlickrThe malaise appears to have been felt not only by clothes shops. Nearly 25 percent fewer people visited Moscow's malls in the week leading up the start of the school year than in the same period of 2013, a survey said, indicating that ...

Islamabad/Lahore: Over 200 people were killed and nearly 400 injured in floods and rain-related incidents in Pakistan, mainly in Punjab province, with four days of torrential downpour leaving a trail of death and devastation. The showers which started last ...

A cease-fire struck between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists was largely holding on Monday in eastern Ukraine despite sporadic violations, but Europe's security watchdog said the sides must push for a political settlement. The cease-fire, which ...

More than a century after Jack the Ripper savagely butchered five women in London's Whitechapel slums, a British businessman and self-described armchair detective says he has "solved" the one of the most enduring mysteries in the annals of crime.

Nicaragua's government said Sunday that a mysterious boom heard overnight in the capital was made by a small meteorite that left a crater in a wooded area near Managua's airport. Government spokeswoman Rosario Murillo said a committee formed by the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday offered assistance to Islamabad for relief and rescue operations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), where at least 160 people have died and around 5,000 homes have been destroyed, following devastating floods ...

Another strategic town in Adamawa South senatorial zone, Michika, the headquarters of Michika LGA, has been seized by Boko Haram insurgents as they continue to take over towns and villages in Adamawa State. The seizure of Michika came less than 24 ...

A 60-feet asteroid about the size of a normal house flew past Earth Sunday posing no threat to humans, NASA reported. The asteroid 2014 RC passed over New Zealand at a close distance of 40,000 km from earth. An asteroid of same size left over 1,000 ...

A handout picture obtained in London on Sept 7, 2014, shows a contemporary sketch of Jewish emigrant Aaron Kosminski, who author Russell Edwards claims in his new book was the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper. -- PHOTO: AFP. Author Russell ...