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At least 57 people -- mostly Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims -- were killed when a truck bomb exploded at a gas station in Iraq, authorities said.

At least one person is dead after an armed intruder forced his way into a retirement home for monks early Friday morning in southern France, a local government spokeswoman said.

For Abdelrahman al-Azy the task was brutal but the justifications were simple. As a member of ISIS, he must follow the instructions of his local emir or commander. The order: to help kill a man in cold blood.

A Chattanooga school bus had not been traveling on its designated route when it crashed, killing six children and injuring dozens, investigators said.

There was a time when it seemed like blueprints, dreams, and raw concrete could change the world.

Kellyanne Conway sounded alarm bells in a series of tweets highlighting the anger among President-elect Donald Trump's base of supporters with Mitt Romney, reportedly to be a leading contender for secretary of state.

At least 40 people have been killed after a platform collapsed at a Chinese power plant, according to state news agency Xinhua.

These two baby girls share one body between them, making an operation to separate them very challenging.

An ornament being sold on Amazon is receiving some unique criticism because of its political nature.

Take a look at 29 photos of the week from November 18 through November 24.

A London man has been convicted on charges of killing four young men after having sex with them. CNN's Erin McLaughlin reports.

They stand tall and proud in front of a crumbling skyline, the exhaustion of their cause written on their faces.

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Central America on Thursday afternoon, the US Geological Survey said. The quake hit at a depth of 10.3 kilometers (6.4 miles) about 149 km (93 miles) south-southwest of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador, USGS said.

UK police are reviewing the deaths of dozens men who used sex-enhancing drugs, amid concerns that cases previously dismissed as drug overdoses may be further victims of serial killer Stephen Port.

William Ronald Pulliam appeared unrepentant after fatally shooting a teenager during a confrontation outside a West Virginia discount store.

President-elect Donald Trump is likely to pick Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts to be deputy secretary of the Commerce Department, according to two sources.

Nigerian security forces have killed at least 150 people in a series of attacks against the largely peaceful pro-Biafra secessionist movement, according to a report by Amnesty International.

President Barack Obama called for unity in his final Thanksgiving address Thursday, just weeks after what he called the "sometimes divisive campaign" came to a close.

A team of researchers captured footage of unseen areas inside the wreckage of the USS Arizona battleship that was sunk during the attacks on Pearl Harbor.

An e-cigarette exploded in the pocket of an employee at a New York wine store, his attorney said. The man suffered third-degree burns and is expected to have surgery, reports his attorney.