Turkey arrests more than 50 senior police officers: TVTurkish authorities arrested 55 senior police officers in a criminal probe over alleged corruption and abuse of office, the latest apparent crackdown on opponents of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of presidential polls.
US judge jails Chris Brown for violating probationTroubled singer Chris Brown admitted Friday to violating his probation and was jailed for a year in Los Angeles, though he was given credit for about eight months already served.
10 May 2014
'Goodnight, humans': China's Jade Rabbit moon rover postingChinese Internet users flooded the country's social media networks on Monday with condolences for the troubled Jade Rabbit moon rover, which experienced a "mechanical control abnormality" over the weekend.
27 January 2014
Recessions linked to cognitive decline in later lifePeople who go through an economic recession at the peak of their working life suffer a risk of cognitive decline in later years, a study suggested on Wednesday.
21 November 2013
NASA poised to launch Mars atmosphere probeWhat happened to the water on Mars? How did the Red Planet's atmosphere become so thin over time? NASA's MAVEN probe is scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to find out.
16 November 2013
IAEA begins fresh probe into Japan's Fukushima The International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday started a fresh probe into Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, where leaks and powercuts have dented public confidence in clean-up efforts.
15 April 2013
Boeing 787 probe results 'weeks away': NTSB The results of a probe into the Boeing 787 Dreamliner will likely not be known for weeks, investigators said Wednesday, meaning the fleet will remain grounded for at least that long.
07 February 2013
Harvard probes mass exam cheating As many as 125 students at Harvard University are being probed for allegedly cheating in a final exam at the elite institution.