Cocaine and cannabis use are down, and a number of far scarier drugs are up — and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

In the 1930s, long before Arab nationalism or radical Islam, Iraq was actually the darling of the Western world -- and these photos prove it.

A mere three percent of U.S. adults own approximately half of all the nation’s guns, according to a new study from Harvard and Northeastern universities.

Many countries around the world still permit the practice — and the U.S. is not one of them. That's a problem.

From his bizarre sex beliefs to his "Dear friend..." letters to Hitler, these 19 Gandhi facts and quotes uncover a dark side you'd never imagine.

A former police officer in Weirton, West Virginia just revealed to local news sources that he was fired this summer for responding to a call and not shooting a man holding a gun at his side.

Man’s best friends may be more beneficial to the medical world than we think.

North Korea, very likely the only country on Earth that could do the following and not have it seem out of character, has just officially banned sarcasm. In mass meetings organized throughout the country last month, reports Radio Free Asia, government officials warned all citizens that they are strictly forbidden...

Go beyond the headlines and see what it's actually like on the front lines.

Battlefield scenes from the Mexican drug war with no end in sight.

A brutal look at how Nyaope (a.k.a. Whoonga) -- the devastating drug made with rat poison and HIV meds -- is wreaking havoc in South Africa.