Russia has banned 18 Americans from entering its country, seen as a retalitory move to Washington, which just a few days before, imposed sanctions on certain Russians from entering the U.S. for their alleged human rights violations.
Folk singer Joan Baez has returned to Hanoi, Vietnam for the first time since December 1972 when American B-52s were raining bombs during the US war there. 40 years ago, Baez was on a peace mission to North Vietnam where her bunker had been hit by mercilessly by bombs.
A man fatally shot another man, then killed himself at a day care center in Gatineau, Quebec on Friday. All 53 children were safe and unharmed, and police would not say whether any had witnessed the killings, Gatineau Police Chief Mario Haren said.
Ten years ago, Jessica Lynch became the first prison of war to be rescued since the Vietnam War. She has since become a mother, motivational speaker and teacher. She is making the rounds 10 years later, apparently still haunted by what happened during her time in the war, and spoke about on the "Today" show.
The United States deployed stealth fighter jets to South Korea on Sunday as part of an ongoing joint military exercises between the two countries. The F-22 Raptors were sent to the main U.S. Air Force Base in South Korea amid rising tension - and bellicose language- from Kim Jong-un in the North.
A foreign tourist was raped and robbed on a minibus on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, while her boyfriend was beaten and handcuffed on Saturday night. Two of the culprits - including the driver - have been arrested, and a third who was contacted by mobile phone, had also raped the woman. After they were dumped in the nearby city of Itaborai, they have since spoken to police, leading to two arrests.
North Korea has stepped up its bellicose language, saying on Saturday it was entering a "state of war" with South Korea. Seoul and its ally the United States have played down the statement as tough talk, but acknowledge the gravity of their statements and actions, and that it warranted attention.
A Brazilian doctor who was charged with killing seven patients to free up beds at a hospital intensive care unit may have been responsible for as many as 300 deaths.
Hundreds of armed vigilantes have taken control of a town on a major highway in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, arresting local police officers and searching homes after a vigilante leader was killed.
North Korea said on Tuesday it has moved strategic rocket and artillery units into top combat position in preparation for a strike against the United States.
The Court of Cassation, Italy's top criminal court, overturned Amanda Knox's acquittal for the killing of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, and has ordered a new trial.
Investigative reporter and radio journalist Rahmo Abdulkadir was shot dead on Sunday evening in Mogadishu. Two unidentified gunmen shot Abdulkadir five times as she was walking to a relative's house near Bacaad Market in Yaaqhiid District of Mogadishu.
The exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has been found dead at his home in Surrey on Saturday, the BBC News reported,and his family has confirmed. It is not yet known how the 67-year-old has died, though suicide is what has been first suspected as the cause. He has been a wanted man in Russia for quite some time. In the past years, he survived numerous assassination attempts.
President Barack Obama said that the use of chemical weapons in Syria would be a "game-changer," demanding action from the international community. The president stressed that the U.S. and other nations are still determining whether those weapons were used.
Benjamin Bishop, a former U.S.Army officer, has been charged with passing information relating to nuclear weapons and other military secrets to his Chinese girlfriend, the Justice Department said. Bishop was arrested Friday at work, appearing in federal court in Honolulu on Monday.
Pakistani Officials said on Monday they have arrested a suspect in connection with the brutal 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl
Warlord Bosco Ntaganda accused of crimes against humanity who has evaded International Criminal Court warrants for seven years has surrendered to the U.S. Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda.
An investigation has been launched into the cause of the Western Cape bus accident, killing 24 people, including children when a bus veered off a road and rolled over. The accident happened Friday morning in the town of De Doorns near Cape Town.
Two men armed armed with machine gun and a handgun opened fire in a bar on the outskirts of the Mexican tourist resort of Cancun on Thursday, killing six people and wounding five, the office of the state's attorney general said.
Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said it on Sunday. It is the worst kidnapping violence in decades, as reported by the Huffington Post. Nigeria's police, military, domestic spy service and presidency remained silent over the killings of the construction company workers, who were kidnapped February 16 from the northern Bauchi. The victims included four Lebanese, and one citizen apiece from Britain, Greece and Italy.
