Seventy Kurdish hostages were rescued after special U.S. forces, working with Kurdish commandos, attacked an Islamic State outpost located near the Iraqi town of Hawija. One U.S. soldier was killed in the raid.
Brazil, South America's most populous country and arguably among one of the continent's strongest democracies, will not observe upcoming legislative elections in Venezuela after the government of embattled President Nicolás Maduro vetoed Brasilia's choice to head its delegation.
The 14-year-old Muslim student who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to his Texas high school as it was mistaken for a bomb last month has accepted a scholarship to attend school in Qatar.
In a speech delivered at the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that a Palestinian leader persuaded the Nazis to carry out the Holocaust.
Embattled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad left his war-torn country for the first time in years on Tuesday to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin, a close ally propping up his regime, in Moscow.
The Vatican on Wednesday strongly denied and condemned a report that Pope Francis, the head of the world's more than 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, was suffering from brain cancer.
Prince Harry, who is well-known to be very engaging in several charity works, recently embarked on another one. This time, Harry is using his trekking shoes as he joins the "Walking With The Wounded" charity organization Tuesday for a 1,000-mile trek from Scotland to London.
Recently announced Canadian Prime Minister 43-year-old Justin Trudeau is already setting a new tone in his leadership, speaking on Tuesday the changes and improvements he is bound to make in his seat in the office.
In light of the recent violent attacks and several killings happening between Palestine and Israel, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon visited Jerusalem on Tuesday and urged for calm and peace between the two neighbouring countries.
Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday called on prosecutors to go after Lorenzo Mendoza, the country's wealthiest businessman, who had suggested that Venezuela's ailing economy might require an international bailout.
An Aer Lingus flight from Lisbon to Dublin was diverted to an alternate airport on Sunday after a Brazilian man traveling on the plane collapsed and died moments after he had bitten a fellow passenger.
On Monday in Vienna, Iran's nuclear deal with the U.States, Russia, China, Britain, Germany and France moved forward as talks were finally cemented to an agreement that needed sanctions relief will be given when Iran limits its nuclear programs.
Today marks the 55-year anniversary of the first trade embargo the United States placed on Cuba. Today marks the 55-year anniversary of the first trade embargo the United States placed on Cuba.
