An earthquake struck the central coast of Chile Tuesday evening, but did not cause any injuries or deaths. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the epicenter of the 5.6 magnitude tremor was located in the region of Coquimbo about 100 miles no ...
Rescue crews searching the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship were forced to temporarily suspend operations Wednesday morning as the ship shifted, the Italian Coast Guard has confirmed. Although the chances of finding anyone alive in the icy wat ...
Two car bombs targeting the homes of two police officers left over a dozen people wounded Friday in northern Iraq. The bombs exploded within 30 minutes of each other in the city of Kirkuk, which is about 150 miles north of Baghdad.
Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch man suspected in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, was sentenced Friday to 28 years in a Peruvian prison for the 2010 murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores. Van der Sloot, 24, cried during his ...
An unidentified Marine Corps official tells CNN the four Marines shown urinating on dead bodies in a recently posted YouTube video have been identified. None of the men have been detained and their names will not be released to the media right now.
A video allegedly showing United States Marines urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban militants in Afghanistan has prompted U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to order a full investigation. In a statement released this week, Panetta called the ...
Microsoft’s Hong Kong office has confirmed the company is investigating a report claiming hundreds of workers at a Chinese plant that produces Xbox game systems threatened mass suicide after allegedly being denied pay.
A suicide attack in southern Afghanistan on Thursday killed a government official and his two young sons. Authorities say a total of 5 people died when the suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into another car carrying Panjwai district chief Haji Fa ...
Constant heavy rain in southeast Brazil forced thousands of people to flee their homes as many areas became overwhelmed by flooding and mudslides. Authorities say the hardest hit states are Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo and Rio de Janeiro. At leas ...
In a hearing Wednesday in a Lima, Peru court, Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty to the 2010 robbery and murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores. Van der Sloot’s plea came five days after he backed out of entering a guilty plea and asked for time t ...
Two Swedish journalists convicted of entering Ethiopia illegally and aiding the Ogaden National Liberation Front say they will not appeal their 11 year sentences. Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson, who were found guilty in December, hope to recei ...
An Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated Wednesday morning as he drove through a Tehran neighborhood. The IRNA news agency reports 32-year-old Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, who was a Sanati Sharif University professor and the deputy director for co ...
Police in Mexico say the murder of 13 men and boys whose bodies were found outside a gas station was likely the work of a drug cartel. The bodies were found around 2:30 a.m. Monday in Zitacuaro, Michoacan. Prosecutors say three of the victims wer ...
Two former Tibetan monks apparently protesting Chinese rule committed self immolation last Friday in southwest China, authorities have confirmed. Both incidents occurred in the Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province. One of t ...
British police have confirmed the body found on Queen Elizabeth’s Sandringham estate is that of Alisa Dmitrijeva, a 17-year-old student from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, Norkfolk who went missing last August. No other details, including the cause of ...
A court in Tehran has sentenced an American ex-Marine to death for espionage and “working for an enemy country.” The semi-official Iranian news agency Fars reports 28-year-old Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, who was arrested last August while visiting fami ...
Iranian nationals taken hostage by Somali pirates over a month ago were rescued by United States sailors on Thursday. According to the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, pirates hijacked the Al Molai about 40 to 45 days ago and held the 13 crew m ...
A suicide blast in the Syrian capital on Friday left over two dozen people dead, the country’s interior minister has confirmed. The explosion occurred at a traffic light in a heavily populated area of the Maidan district of Damascus. Footage and ...
A Chinese chef and his assistant died Tuesday in Sydney, Australia after accidentally using death cap mushrooms in a stir fry dish they cooked for themselves and a friend. The meal was cooked on New Year’s Eve by chef Liu Jun and his female kitch ...
Fighting between members of rival drug cartels sparked a deadly riot at a prison in northern Mexico on Wednesday. Tamaulipas state officials confirmed the riot broke out at the prison in Altamira. Thirty-one inmates were killed and 13 others were ...