Brazil's annual Carnival kicked off on Feb. 13 and will run through Feb. 17. Rio de Janeiro's annual Carnival kicked off on Feb. 13 and will run through Feb.
The son of actor Jackie Chan apologized to the public Saturday as he was released from a jail after serving a six-month sentence, Associated Press reports.
Two gunmen, who were allegedly trying to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, opened fire at a Copenhagen, Denmark cafe, firing at least 30 shots and killing one man Saturday.
Police in Canada say they have foiled an alleged plot by an American woman and a Canadian man who planned to carry out a Valentine's Day massacre in the Halifax area before committing suicide.
To welcome the 20 new cardinals, Pope Francis instructed the group to exercise pure charity and put aside other emotions, namely "pride" and "jealousy."
Don't worry if you waited to the absolute last minute to give your special someone a present for Valentine's Day. Fortunately, there are several ideas that you can pull off to show your sweetie how much you care.
With Valentine's Day upon us, lovebirds across the country are giving themselves a pass to indulge in large amounts of chocolate in the name of love. In the U.S. alone, more than 58 million pounds of chocolate candy are reportedly sold during Valentine's week, making up more than 5 percent of chocolate candy's sales for the year.At the same time, thousands of miles away in Latin America, award-winning Mexican-American Chocolatier Arcelia Gallardo is also taking her love and passion for chocolate to another level -- proving that it has the power to unify communities, empower women and ultimately change the world.
Dominican archaeologist Dr. Kathleen Martinez Berry and her team discovered a limestone stele dating to the Ptolemaic period (350-30 BC) in the Egyptian Mediterranean coast.
President Nicolas Maduro announced to the Venezuelan people his government had thwarted a coup d'etat by some military officers to overthrow him. He claims the plotters had American backing.
ISIS militants who on Thursday seized most of a western Iraqi town are now just miles away from an air base where hundreds of U.S. Marines are training local forces.
A Shanghai police officer was injured Friday when a man rammed his car into a barrier in front of the U.S. Consulate in the Chinese city. Police identified the man as 35-year-old Liu Daojie, who was placed in custody.
American troops will leave Liberia by the end of April and only leave a small force to coordinate with and help Liberian efforts to combat the Ebola epidemic.
Israeli critics for weeks have hammered Benjamin Netanyahu for his planned, protocol-breaking speech before the U.S. Congress. But Americans are equally unhappy with President Barack Obama's decision not to meet with the prime minister, a YouGov poll revealed.
Someone in Puerto Rico is about to cash in as a Powerball winner. Lottery officials on the island are unsure if he or she will have to pay taxes though.
A Mexican cartel apparently used a small southwest Kansas bank to launder some $2 million in drug proceeds, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration alleges in an affidavit.
