Russia doctored two satellite images so it could blame Ukraine in the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, a Boeing 777 that was downed by a missile in July 2014, according to a report by the Bellingcat investigative team.
Two individuals in South Korea have died from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, the country's health authorities confirmed on Tuesday. The cases marked only the second time the virus has caused fatalities in Asia since a man succumbed to it in Malaysia in April 2014.
A cruise ship called the Eastern Star, which was carrying 458 people, has capsized on the Yangtze River in China's Hubei province. The ship went down late Monday night
On Monday Nicaraguan officials stated an environmental study has determined that a planned $50 billion canal set to cross their nation is "viable." The officials declined to offer any accompanying details regarding the report.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets on Saturday in Venezuela to demand the release of political prisoners and voice their discontent with the socialist administration of embattled President Nicolás Maduro.
Australia's main opposition party on Monday proposed to legalize same-sex marriage, making Labor leader Bill Shorten the first head of a major political force in the country to back a bill to overturn a national ban on such unions.
Thanks in large part to Sen. Rand Paul, at midnight on Sunday, the U.S. Senate let the Patriot Act expire, removing key controversial surveillance authorities from the National Security Agency. So what does that mean, and what's next?
On Wednesday's the U.S. Justice Department said that the 10 presidents of the South American Football Confederation were to receive bribes from a company called Datisa in exchange for transmission rights to games of the Copa America, the tournament of the continent's national teams.
On Wednesday Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that he had reached an agreement with Russia's top oil producer Rosneft in which $14 billion would be invested in Venezuela's oil and gas production.
Saturday’s Powerball is here. And since no one won the grand prize last Wednesday (when the winning numbers were: 8, 15, 34, 53, 59, and 29) all that money has once again rolled over and in now at $171 million, with a cash value of $107.1 million.
A French court on Wednesday handed a French bartender a four-month suspended jail sentence and a year-long suspension for serving a customer 56 shots, an amount of alcohol that led to the man's death last October.
Soccer officials elected Sepp Blatter to a fifth term as FIFA president despite the corruption scandal that has engulfed the international sports organization.
Russian model Valeria Lukyanova, better known as the self-proclaimed "Human Barbie," has some stiff competition from a new doll in town, Angelica Kenova.
Mount Shindake, a volcano located on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu island, has erupted. Black clouds of volcanic ash rose 5.6 miles into the sky, leading to the evacuation of most of the island’s 137 residents, that left by boat.
Federal police in Brazil have initiated investigations into possible FIFA corruption. The South American nation started investigating following the arrests of prominent FIFA leaders.
The Obama administration has taken another huge step in its effort to normalize relations with Cuba by removing the nation from the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list.
