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An American teenager asked Vice President Joe Biden to her high school prom. He didn't come - but he did send her a corsage instead ...

Magicians Penn and Teller on bogus trickery, religious zealots - and the case for legalising drugs ...

Mesmerising footage showing clouds massing together in a supercell storm over Nebraska, US ...

Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall's 4 day tour of Canada ...

US President Barack Obama surprises players and parents at a Little League baseball game in Washington ...

Husband of Meriam Ibrahim, who has been sentenced to death for refusing to renounce Christianity, says he has been allowed to visit her for the first time in prison ...

Passenger films lightning striking Boeing 767 during storm cell ...

US announces 'unprecedented' indictments against PLA officials for allegedly spying on American companies to gain trade secrets ...

Former US president Bill Clinton will play his saxophone at an all-star concert when the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz honours him with its founder's award ...

An intrepid aviator soars around the interior of Washington DC's Ronald Reagan Building with the help of a hydrogen and nitrogen-powered jet pack ...

US secretary of state warns against allowing 'hangover' from intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan to lead to an 'excess of isolationism' in face of international crises ...

An extended look at Marvel's action-packed new superhero film ...

Jury takes less than two days to find radical Islamic preacher guilty on terror and kidnapping charges ...

A legal battle over royalties from the classic Robert DeNiro film Raging Bull will continue following a US high court ruling. ...

Operating out of a tower block in Shanghai, Unit 61398 allegedly hacks Western companies in support of the Chinese government's political and economic aims. ...

Rants of hook-handed Abu Hamza inspired the shoebomber, 9/11 plotter and 7/7 attacker, court hears ...

Preet Bharara, the US Prosecutor for Manhattan says Abu Hamza "attempted to portray himself as a preacher of faith, but he was instead, a trainer of terrorists" ...

Pastor Kevin Sutherland tried to sell works to undercover detective ...

A New York court is to decide whether Abu Hamza is guilty on 11 counts of terrorism. Here is a timeline of events ...

The late Michael Jackson steals the show at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards with a computer-generated hologram performance ...