Illegal alcohol favored in the slums of India due to the cheap price is believed to be responsible for more than 100 deaths across 10 villages in West Bengal. Health officials say at least 133 people died this week after consuming moonshine sold ...
A quiet ceremony in Baghdad on Thursday marked the official end of America’s costly war in Iraq. Apache helicopters hovering overhead was evidence of the tight security the ceremony required due to continuing violence in the country. Military off ...
Officials in Mexico announced Tuesday the capture of one of their 37 most-wanted criminals. Zetas drug cartel co-founder and key leader Raul Lucio Hernandez Lechuga, also known as “El Lucky” was arrested by the Mexican Navy Monday in Cordoba, Ver ...
A strong earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea Wednesday afternoon around 3 o’clock, sparking fear landslides may occur as a result. The epicenter of the 7.1 magnitude tremor was located about 12 miles from Wau and 55 miles from Lae. It struck at a ...
An Afghan woman convicted of adultery after she was raped and became pregnant was released from prison along with her 2-year-old daughter after President Hamid Karzai intervened on their behalf. Gulnaz, 21, left the Badambagh Prison outside of Ka ...
Authorities in Saudi Arabia beheaded a woman Monday in Al-Jawf for allegedly practicing witchcraft and sorcery. The Saudi Interior Ministry confirmed the execution of Amina bint Abdel Halim Nassar, but released few details about the circumstances ...
A United States drone crash-landed at an airport in Seychelles Tuesday morning after experiencing engine problems just minutes into flight. The U.S. Air Force confirmed the crash happened at the Seychelles International Airport. The drone, which ...
For the second time in less than a month, a Chinese school bus has crashed and killed over a dozen children. The latest incident occurred Monday afternoon in Feng county, Jiangsu province.
A 14-year-old American boy kidnapped in the Philippines five months ago by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants escaped his captors last week and was reunited with his family over the weekend.
At least 15 al Qaeda militants tunneled their way out of a prison in the Yemeni port city of Aden early Monday morning, security officials say. The men dug a 130 foot tunnel from the western side of Central Security prison to a nearby petrol stat ...
Pakistani officials confirm a convoy of tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan was destroyed over the weekend in Balochistan province. According to police official Abdul Qadir, armed militants on motorcycles forced eight t ...
Authorities in India have revoked a Kolkata hospital’s license and arrested six employees of the facility after a fire killed at least 3 staff members and 86 patients. West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services minister Javed Ahmed Khan said the ar ...
Afghan General Abdul Hameed, the highest-ranking military officer in the south, miraculously survived an assassination attempt Thursday.
Militants on motorcycles launched an attack on oil tankers filled with fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan Thursday night in Balochistan province, Pakistan. Local officials say at least 7 men used rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons t ...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed Wednesday to pursue all avenues available in taking action against Lashkar-e-Jangvi, a Pakistan-based militant group that claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s suicide bombing targeting Shiite Muslims.
An Australian man convicted of blasphemy by a Saudi Arabian court was sentenced Wednesday to 500 lashes and two years in prison. The prison time was later reduced to one year.
Dozens of people died Tuesday in Afghanistan in two separated suicide bombings apparently targeting Shiite Muslims as they worshipped on the holy day of Ashura. The attacks occurred in Kabul and Mazar-e Sharif. Officials put the overall death tol ...
A boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico capsized Sunday, killing at least three people. Authorities say the boat was carrying about 100 people when it went down in waters off the northern city of Nagua.
Tokyo Electric Power Company announced Monday that the earthquake ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has been leaking radioactive water. The company estimated 220 tons of contaminated water has been released from a crack in a barrier around ...
Diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Iran quickly deteriorated this week after protesters stormed two British embassy compounds in Tehran. British Foreign Secretary William Hague accused the Iranian government of purposely not prot ...