Dozens of people died in northern India on Sunday when chaos at an overcrowded railroad station sparked a stampede. It is unclear what exactly caused the stampede at the Allahabad station in Uttar Pradesh, but railway authorities say travelers di ...
The 100,000 ton Carnival Cruise ship Triumph remained stranded in the Gulf of Mexico this morning with little power and running water following a weekend fire in the engine room. The U.S. Coast Guard expects a tug boat to arrive today to tow the ...
In a surprise announcement on Monday, Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation from the papacy after 8 years. He cited his old age and failing strength. The announcement marked the first time a pope has resigned in nearly 6 centuries. The last ...
A tsunami triggered by a powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake killed at least 5 people and damaged dozens of homes in the Solomon Islands this morning.
British scientists say human remains found buried under a Leicester, central England parking lot has been identified through DNA tests as those of King Richard III. Richard III was the last ruler of the Plantagenets dynasty. His 2-year reign ende ...
A terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey on Friday killed one person and wounded another. Neither of the victims were Americans; officials said the man who died was a Turkish security guard and the woman who was injured is a well- ...
The death toll in Thursday’s explosion at the Pemex office complex in Mexico City, Mexico rose to 32 overnight, according to the state-owned oil company’s CEO Emilio Lozoya. Although it remains unknown if anyone is still trapped in rubble, rescue ...
Three days after disappearing during flight training off the coast of Italy, a 32-year-old United States Air Force pilot has been found dead. The family of Capt. Lucas Gruenther says his body was found in the Adriatic Sea on Thursday afternoon.
To prevent more damage to the Tubbataha Reef, the U.S. Navy says it must cut their grounded minesweeper into pieces to remove it. The original plan was to lift the USS Guardian off the reef in one piece, but after further review it was determined ...
Search and rescue teams have located wreckage from a plane that crashed in Antarctica, and New Zealand authorities believe all three people on board perished. The remote area of the crash site coupled with winter weather conditions prevented resc ...
U.S. Navy officials say the minesweeper that ran aground on a coral reef in the Philippines last week is too badly damaged to be towed. The USS Guardian has taken on water and is no longer operational; therefore it must be lifted from the reef.
The U.S. Navy is still trying to free a minesweeper than ran aground Thursday on a coral reef in the Philippines. Efforts to free the 1,312-ton USS Guardian at high tide failed.
A busy intersection in central London turned into a chaotic scene Wednesday during rush hour when a helicopter slammed into a crane, burst into flames and plunged to the ground. Authorities confirm the pilot and one person on the ground were kill ...
In preparation for the royal baby, Queen Elizabeth has overturned her grandfather’s decree that any daughter, including a firstborn, born to the Prince of Wales will not hold the title of princess. Queen Elizabeth decreed that all daughters of th ...
Five Americans were killed in Peru Monday afternoon when a helicopter crashed shortly after taking off from an airport in Pucallpa. The cause of the crash is unknown.
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen who was shot in the head and neck by Taliban militants last October, left the UK hospital where she had been receiving treatment since the attack. She is now staying with her parents and two brothers at their ...
More than a dozen bodies washed ashore in northern Somalia this week following the sinking of a boat carrying at least 60 illegal migrants.
A landmine explosion in eastern Afghanistan killed nearly a dozen young girls, Afghan officials confirmed. The explosion occurred Monday in Nangarhar province. Authorities do not believe that the explosives were planted by insurgents. It appears ...
NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and two of his crewmembers are lucky to be alive following a kidnapping ordeal in Syria. Engel appeared on the Today show Tuesday morning along with producer Ghazi Balkiz and cameraman John Koois ...
The Navy SEAL killed in a rescue mission in Afghanistan over the weekend has been identified as 28-year-old Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas D. Checque of Monroeville, Pennsylvania. Checque died Saturday from injuries sustained in a mission to fr ...