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Queen Elizabeth II became queen on February 6, 1952, and was crowned on June 2, 1953. She was the mother of Prince Charles, heir to the throne, as well as the grandmother of Princes William and Harry. As the longest-serving monarch in British history, she tried...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's air force was searching for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that went missing on Sunday after the pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501, an Airbus 320-200, lost contact with Jakarta air traffic control...

© Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images Protesters battle in the streets of Kiev, Ukraine, in February, 2014.    This year shattered records from the number of billionaires to the number of refugees. It also happened to be the warmest...

Facebook users will now have an easier time meeting up with friends at social events or planning group activities using the social network's new Nearby Friends feature, an opt-in service that alerts friends when they are close to each other.<img src="http://cdn1.appleinsider.com/gallery/8991-444-nearby-friends-press-1-l.png"...