Canadian police say it is unclear whether two human body parts mailed to schools in Vancouver are linked to Luka Rocco Magnotta, the model and porn star who is suspected of murdering and dismembering an acquaintance and mailing his body parts to ...
United States officials speaking anonymously confirmed Tuesday the death of Abu Yahya al-Libi, the second-in-command of al Qaeda behind leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Al-Libi died Monday in a CIA-led drone strike in Pakistan. The Libya born terrorist ...
Authorities in northern Mexico say nearly a dozen people died over the weekend in a shooting at a drug rehabilitation center. The motive for the attack remains unclear.
German police say a man they took into custody Monday at a Berlin internet café identified himself as Luka Rocco Magnotta, a Canadian model and porn star suspected of brutally killing a Chinese student and mailing his body parts to political part ...
Canadian police have identified the murder and dismemberment victim of Luka Rocco Magnotta as 33-year-old Concordia University student Jun Lin. Lin, a Chinese national, was last seen on May 24. His murder was taped by Magnotta and posted online u ...
Egyptian authorities say two American men kidnapped by Bedouin tribesmen in the Sinai Peninsula this week have been released. The tourists, both 31, are said to be unharmed and in custody of security forces.
Italian officials say the death toll in Tuesday’s earthquake is now at 17. Rescuers pulled the latest victim from the rubble of a factory building in Medolla where three other people died. The death toll is not expected to rise as no one else has ...
NATO announced Tuesday the death of the second-highest al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan. The coalition said a precision airstrike in Kunar province over the weekend left Sakhr al-Taifi, also known by the names Musthaq and Nasim, dead. A second unna ...
For the second time in less than a week more than 100 schoolgirls in northern Afghanistan have been hospitalized for poisoning. The incident occurred Tuesday at the Aahan Dara Girls School in Taloqan, the capital of Takhar province. Police offici ...
Northern and central Italy was rocked by a strong earthquake Tuesday morning; just 9 days after a powerful 6.0 tremor killed 7 people in the area. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the epicenter of the 5.8 magnitude earthquake was located ...
Officials in Pakistan confirm a militant hideout in a tribal district bordering Afghanistan was the target of a drone strike on Thursday.
At least 125 students and 3 teachers of an all girls school in northern Afghanistan were hospitalized Wednesday for poisoning. Health officials say the girls are being treated for headaches, dizziness, vomiting, and loss of consciousness. Samples ...
An early morning train crash in southern India left of two dozen people dead, officials confirm. Railways ministry spokesman Anil Kumar Saxena said the crash involved a Hampi Express passenger train and a goods train in Penukonda, Andhra Pradesh ...
Rescues teams began removing miners from a platinum mine in southern Zimbabwe Tuesday following an overnight fire that forced the men to seek shelter in refuge bays. Implats Platinum and Aquarius Platinum Ltd., the companies that own the Mimosa m ...
A member of the Zetas drug cartel has been arrested for his involvement in the dumping of 49 decapitated and dismembered bodies in northern Mexico last week. The military identified the suspect as Daniel de Jesus Elizondo Ramirez, also known as E ...
Mount Everest claimed three more lives over the weekend as an estimated 150 climbers rushed to take advantage of the first favorable weather conditions of the climbing season. Gyanendra Shrestha, an official with the Nepal Mountaineering Departme ...
Authorities in Thailand arrested a British citizen Friday after receiving a tip about a website selling human fetuses for black magic rituals. Police say 28-year-old Chow Hok Kuen, who is of Taiwanese origin, was taken into custody at a Bangkok h ...
A midair collision involving two Pakistani Air Force planes left four people dead and 11 others injured, authorities in the village of Rakashai confirm. The collision happened Thursday morning during routine military training exercises near PAF B ...
A child actress and her mother were among those killed Monday in a plane crash in a mountainous area of Nepal, officials in India confirm. The actress has been identified as 14-year-old Taruni Sachdev. Sachdev has appeared in numerous commercials ...
A failed assassination attempt on a former Colombian minister Tuesday morning left at least five people dead and nineteen others injured. President Juan Manuel Santos said a bomb detonated on a crowded street in the capital, Bogota, was meant to ...