Two American hikers arrested in Iran in 2009 and charged with espionage will go on trail July 31. Shane Bauer, 28, and Josh Fattal, 29, were supposed to appear in court for a trial hearing on May 11, but the hearing was canceled for unknown reasons.
Thousands of panicked Japanese residents fled their homes Thursday morning following a 6.7 magnitude earthquake that struck just 109 miles from the epicenter of the devastating March 11 tremor. The coastal cities of Kamaishi and Ofunato ordered t ...
Two bombs exploded outside the home of an Iraqi provincial governor on Tuesday, killing dozens of people and wounding others. Officials say Qadisiyah province governor Salam Hussein Alwan and his family were inside their home at the time of the a ...
A suicide bombing and subsequent shootout between Afghan policemen and militants Wednesday morning left at least six people dead in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Ghazni Police Chief Zaror Zahed said a suicide bomber detonated his explosive laden ...
A senior security official in Yemen has confirmed al Qaeda militants carried out a successful jail break in Hadramout province on Wednesday. As many as 62 inmates escaped Mukalla prison through a 45-yard tunnel in a well coordinated plan with out ...
Mexican officials have confirmed the capture of the “principal head” of the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel. Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, nicknamed “The Monkey,” was taken into custody Tuesday at a federal road block in Aguascalientes. No shots ...
NATO officials have confirmed an unmanned U.S. helicopter drone collecting intelligence in Libya crashed Tuesday. Spokesman Wing Commander Mike Bracken said the command centre reported losing contact with the MQ-8 Fire Scout at 7:20 a.m. The dron ...
A young Pakistani girl was returned safe to her parents Tuesday after being kidnapped by insurgents who attempted to use her as a suicide bomber.
A RusAir flight bound for the Petrozavodsk airport with 52 people aboard crashed Monday night outside Besovets. Authorities say 44 people died, including 36 Russians, four people with United States and Russian citizenship, two Ukrainians, one Swe ...
Two men convicted of murder for their participation in a violent attack on a bank in Afghanistan in February were executed Monday inside a Kabul prison. The National Intelligence Police released a statement saying Zar Ajam, a Pakistan native, and ...
The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed a strong earthquake struck northern Chile on Monday. The epicenter of the 6.3 magnitude temblor was located about 55 miles northeast of Calama and about 178 miles northeast of Antofagasta. It struck at a d ...
A top member of the Juarez drug cartel was captured in northern Mexico this week. Federal authorities confirmed Marco Anthony Guzman, also known as El Brad Pitt, was arrested along with two other cartel members on Wednesday in the state of Chihua ...
Authorities in Netanya, Israel have arrested two men and are questioning a third in connection with a gas leak that caused a deadly explosion Thursday night. One of the men in police custody is accused of causing the leak by accidentally cutting ...
Radical Islamist sect Boko Haram claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing outside the police headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday. The blast occurred at 8:45 in the parking lot of the building. Police said it was too early to establish ...
French health authorities have confirmed 7 children are sick in an E. Coli outbreak in the city of Lille. The children are believed to have been sickened by frozen hamburger patties manufactured by SEB and sold in French branches of the German su ...
Over a month after the death of Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda has appointed a new leader. According to a statement posted on several jihadist websites, Bin Laden’s deputy Ayman al Zawahiri has taken over the position.
At least 5 men suspected of being CIA informants have been arrested and questioned by Pakistani authorities. Unnamed U.S. and Pakistani officials have confirmed the arrests were made over the past several weeks and all but one of the detainees ha ...
Members of the Gulf Cartel are believed to be responsible for the murder and mutilation of two bodyguards assigned to a Mexican governor. Officials say the bodies of the bodyguards, who were also police officers, had been dumped outside a superma ...
Pakistani officials say at least 7 militants were killed in the latest set of suspected drone strikes. According to the officials, both strikes occurred Wednesday and targeted vehicles traveling in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
The death toll from rain-triggered flooding and landslides in central and southern China has risen to 105, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. The province of Hunan reported 39 deaths while Hubei reported 29, Guizhou reported 24 and Ji ...