Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is currently undergoing treatment for an abdominal tumor. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is currently undergoing treatment for an abdominal tumor.
Following an intense 40-day trial, Oscar Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide in the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year.
President Barack Obama addressed the nation about his plans to target the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, and lawmakers from the Republican Party commented on the positives and negatives of his strategy.
MH370 search resumes off Australian west coast The search for the lost Malaysian Airline jet MH370 has been renewed, and the search vessel started towards the crash zone as of Thursday.
The President said in a speech the U.S. would escalate its fight against ISIL alongside the Iraqi government and other allies, continuing airstrikes and sending more troops to Iraq in a support capability.
On Wednesday morning a tropical depression in the East Pacific strengthened into yet another tropical storm, adding to the extensive tally of the 2014 Pacific hurricane season.
A couple of tourists got the fright of their lives when a lion jumped on the back of their pickup truck while they were driving through a South African safari.
Nigerian president orders removal of #BringBackGoodluck2015 posters in Abuja Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the removal of re-election campaign posters which read #BringBackGoodluck2015, mimicking the #BringBackOurGirls campaign for more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls in his country.
Officials possibly identified James Foley killer A London-based extremist group may be the key to finding the Islamic State militant in the execution video of American journalist James Foley.
Brazil losing millions in dirty money each year More than $30 billion in "dirty money" is leaving Brazil each year, an amount that is double what it was a decade ago, Reuters reported.
Report: African Union soldiers raping and sexually abusing Somali women, girls African Union military soldiers are allegedly gang raping and sexually abusing women and girls as young as 12 in Somalia, Al Jazeera reported.
Almost a dozen people were injured Monday after a bomb exploded near a Chilean subway station. Almost a dozen people were injured Monday after a bomb exploded near a Chilean subway station.
On Tuesday, United Nations weather agency World Meteorological Organization released a report revealing that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2013.
Hospital successfully treated two previous patients Emory University Hospital in Atlanta is set to receive its third Ebola patient on Thursday, weeks after successfully treating two American aid workers who had contracted the virus that is running rampant in West Africa.
Report compiled information from 190 countries In a damning report on children's rights, UNICEF said that about two-thirds of children worldwide are physically abused by their guardians on a regular basis.
August saw an increase of 12.8 percent in foreign tourists in the Dominican Republic compared to Aug. 2013, the country announced on Sunday. Most of the tourists came from the United States.
