Miguel Ángel Jiménez Blanco, a 45-year-old Mexican activist, has been murdered. Many knew him as a man who helped families look for relatives that had been lost to the everyday violence in the country.
Another odd figure has been spotted on Mars, and it comes from a reputable source -- NASA's Curiosity Rover captured an image of what looks like a woman standing on Mars.
Russia's "Granny Ripper" is believed to have killed more than 11 people, and she is suspected of cannibalism. See the video footage that led to her arrest here.
Four people were killed and four others wounded when gunmen on Wednesday boarded a bus and opened fire on workers and passengers near El Salvador's capital city.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, a high ranking New York Democrat, announced that he will vote against President Barack Obama's historic nuclear deal with Iran.
The crash of a police helicopter in northwestern Colombia on Tuesday led to the deaths of 16 officers. The policemen had been part of an operation to try to arrest one of the leaders of the Usuga Clan, a powerful drug-smuggling gang that operates in mountainous region of Antioquia.
More debris including an airplane window was found on the island, according to the Malaysian Transport Minister, but French officals contradict the claim.
ISIS in the Sinai Peninsula released a video Wednesday in which they threaten to execute a Croatian national if the Egyptian government refuses to hand over captured female fighters.
The safari guide accused of luring Cecil the lion out of a Zimbabwean wildlife reserve, so that an American hunter could kill the animal, said on Tuesday he had no second thoughts about his actions.
Pope Francis next month will celebrate a Mass next to the iconic Che Guevara portrait in Havana's Plaza de la Revolución, a setting previously chosen for similar visits by his predecessors John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
The Venezuelan government has barred a prominent opposition leader from running in the South American nation's Dec. 6 legislative elections hours before the wife of embattled President Nicolás Maduro announced she would seek a seat in the National Assembly.
According to Zainab Bangura, a senior United Nations official, the Islamic State (ISIS) is circulating a slave price list for captured women and children.
In Shanghai, a 35-year-old man janitor named Zhang who was working by a mall escalator become trapped by the contraption and had to have his leg amputated
