As thousands of protesters gathered to demand justice for more than 100 factory workers who were killed in a fire in Bangladesh on Saturday, another blaze broke out at a clothing factory in the suburb of Uttara. No deaths were reported in Monday’ ...
The escalating violence in Israel and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip will end today thanks to a cease fire agreement coordinated by Egypt. Due to allegiance to Hamas and good relations with Israel and the United States, Egypt will take on a peace kee ...
A Hindu festival in eastern India turned deadly Monday when a power outage sparked a stampede where hundreds of thousands of worshipers were gathered. On Tuesday, authorities in Bihar state put the death toll at 14.
Residents of northern Myanmar braced themselves Monday for aftershocks from Sunday’s deadly earthquake. State television continued to issue warnings about keeping a distance from old structures and damaged buildings. As of Monday, the death toll ...
The Pentagon confirmed Thursday the United States issued a warning to Iran last week after an unarmed U.S. Air Force Predator drone was attacked by Iranian fighter jets. Pentagon press secretary George Little also rejected Iran’s claims that the ...
Four people have been arrested in western Afghanistan for the beheading of a young woman. Authorities say 20-year-old Mah Gul was decapitated at the behest of her mother-in-law because she refused to prostitute herself.
An Air Canada pilot and his 270 passengers saved a stranded boater’s life Tuesday when they spotted his damaged yacht drifting 270 miles off the coast of Sydney, Australia. Australian maritime authorities asked Flight AC033 to divert to the area ...
Doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital believe Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai “has a chance of making a good recovery” from wounds sustained in a Taliban attack last week in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. The 14-year-old is in serious but stable condi ...
Teen activist Malala Yousafzai will continue medical treatment for her wounds at a U.K. hospital, military officials in Pakistan confirm. The 14-year-old, who was shot by Taliban militants last week in Swat Valley, was flown from a military hospi ...
Officials in Yemen say gunmen killed the security official in charge of investigating the September attack on the U.S. Embassy. The official has been identified as Qassem Aqlan, a Yemeni national who had worked at the embassy for almost 20 years.
A teen activist who was shot by Taliban militants for promoting women’s rights to education is now in critical condition at a Peshawar hospital. Malala Yousafzai was said to be in stable condition after the attack in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, but d ...
Mexican authorities gained a significant victory in their drug war over the weekend when Zetas cartel boss Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano was killed in a shootout with marines. Lazcano and an unidentified man died in the northern town of Progreso, whi ...
A Pakistani girl known for promoting women’s education and denouncing the Taliban was shot multiple times Tuesday as she left school in Swat Valley. Police say 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot once in the head and once in the neck after gunm ...
St. Maarten Public Prosecutor Hans Mos says 28-year-old Meyshane Johnson has confessed to being involved in the slayings of Michael and Thelma King. The South Carolina couple was found stabbed to death inside their oceanfront condo in Cupecoy las ...
A landslide in southwest China struck an elementary school and at least two farmhouses Thursday morning. State media reports at least 19 people were buried.
Seven crew members from two passenger boats that collided Monday in Hong Kong have been arrested in the investigation into the deadly collision. Police say the suspects are detained on suspicion of endangering passengers’ lives. The cause of the ...
St. Maarten authorities say a second man has been arrested in connection with the murder of South Carolina couple Michael and Thelma King. The 17-year-old suspect, who has been identified by his initials J.C.M., was taken into custody around 4 p. ...
The suspect in the murder of South Carolina couple Michael and Thelma King can be held in a St. Maarten jail for at least 10 more days, a judge in the Dutch Caribbean territory ruled in a hearing this week. Prosecutors have that time to gather ad ...
Police say a 19-year-old Peruvian woman’s death may be linked to her appearance on a reality show that requires contestants to make confessions about their lives. Ruth Thalia Sayas Sanchez was the first contestant to appear on “The Value of Truth ...
To protest a film mocking Islam’s Prophet Mohammed, Iran has blocked citizens from using Google and YouTube. According to the country’s semiofficial new agency Mehr, the government’s decision came after the public demanded the move. It is unclear ...