South African authorities are investigating whether the murder of a young gay man was a hate crime. Thapelo Makutle, who recently began calling himself transgender, was found dead Saturday morning in his rented room in the town of Kuruman. The 23 ...
Authorities in Mexico confirm more dismembered bodies have been found in the eastern state of Veracruz. State prosecutors say 14 bodies were left in a truck abandoned on a highway near the border of Tamaulipas state. The bodies were discovered on ...
Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan Monday and sparked a massive landslide in the Burka district of Baghlan Province. Local officials said Tuesday dozens of homes in the village of Sayi Hazara were buried in the landslide. At least 100 pe ...
An operation to smuggle Haitian migrants into the United States came to a tragic end Monday in the Bahamas after the migrants’ boat capsized and sank in rough water. Out of the 28 people on board, only four made it to the shore of Abaco Island. T ...
A British adventurer attempting to travel the globe by rowing, kayaking and cycling was rescued from rough waters off the east coast of Japan on Friday afternoon by the country’s coast guard. Sara Outen became stranded about 500 hundred miles off ...
Mexican authorities say a truck parked outside a government building in the northern town of El Mante contained dismembered bodies. Notes were reportedly left with the bodies, but police have not commented on their contents.
Police in Pakistan’s Balochistan province say a Muslim religious school was the target of a bomb that detonated Thursday in the city of Quetta. The explosives were planted on a bicycle that was left outside the school.
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 ...
Interpol has joined Canadian authorities in the manhunt for model and adult film star Luka Rocco Magnotta, who is suspected of murdering a male friend, dismembering his body and mailing body parts to the headquarters of political parties in Ottawa.
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 ...