An election in the separatist regions of Ukraine may shatter a fragile ceasefire between the rebel forces and Kiev. Backed by Russia, the separatist rebels held elections in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, but no country other than Russia recognized the election results.
Reeva Steenkamp's parents revealed that they would be willing to personally confront Oscar Pistorius and question him over the murder of their 29-year-old daughter.
In the Russian city of St. Petersburg, a memorial to Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs was dismantled after Tim Cook, the man that succeed Jobs at the helm of the multi-billion dollar computer manufacturing company, came out as gay.
Although meteorologists don’t expect the strong force that Hurricane Vance is delivering to last too much longer, the storm system was still measured as a category two hurricane in the Eastern Pacific as of Monday afternoon.
The construction of the building, which has a designed inspired by pre-Hispanic architecture, will be finished by January 2016 but will cost the Bolivian government $36 million.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praised Eurovision drag queen Conchita Wurst Monday for the gay singer's fight against discrimination and intolerance.
Twenty five people were arrested Monday for protesting the work of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the government agency that approvals projects for producing and moving natural gas - pipelines, natural gas facilities, compressors. The arrests are just the beginning of a week of protests planned at the agency. Often times the pipelines and compressors are going through areas not normally associated with industrialization.
It's like something that came out of a Bret Easton Ellis novel. Newser reports that Hong Kong police said they arrested a British man suspected of murdering two women in cold blood within his high-rise upscale apartment. In the course of investigation, officers discovered a nearly decapitated body stuffed inside a suitcase and left on the suspect's 31st floor balcony.
Weight-loss surgery can be a highly effective step not just to treat, but also to prevent type 2 diabetes, a new study shows. A British research found that "even after accounting for other factors that influence diabetes," the procedure reduced obese individuals' risk of developing the ailment by 80 percent.
Violence continues in DR of Congo, spurring protests The death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 110 as of Sunday, as rebels continue to attack the region.
Hurricane Vance is rapidly intensifying off the coast of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean and strengthened from a Category One to a Category Two storm on Sunday night.
The leader of Boko Haram, tells the world in a video Friday, that the more than 200 girls kidnapped from a boarding school over six months ago, have been married off and converted to Islam.
Retired military officials break silence to push Israeli PM toward peace with Palestine More than 100 former senior military officials in Israel are pushing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue a comprehensive peace deal with Palestine.
Around the world people mourn for their loved ones who have passed through quiet prayer, sacred rituals or celebrations. On Nov. 1 during All Saints Day (Dia de Todos Santos), Guatemala City, Guatemala, residents transformed parts of their country into "the land of colors" with enormous kites, otherwise known as giant Barriletes, that filled the sky and communicated with the dead.
