Spanking children to discipline them is acceptable as long as their dignity is maintained, Pope Francis - the leader of the world's more than 1.2 billion Catholics - said this week. The pontiff encouraged parents to forgive but also "correct with firmness."
Now here comes a train that not only thinks it can, it knows that it can. In a YouTube video posted on Tuesday, a guy braving the cold and waiting for trains to go by captured a rare and awe inspiring locomotive moment that soon went viral.
Vladimir Putin may plan to meddle in the Baltic states to "restore Russia to its former position as a great power," former NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has warned.
Tens of thousands of individuals born in the Dominican Republic to undocumented immigrant parents may be at risk of expulsion. Those who did not register for residence prior to the Feb. 1 deadline could be forced to leave the island country.
The Brazilian economy continues to feel the pinch of a stiff and unrelenting recession that is now threatening to bring about a significant downsizing to the region's carnival season, including prompting the dire downsizing of one of the country's most colorful and long celebrated events.
Chinese authorities on Friday openly displayed their anger over President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama. Obama called the Tibetan spiritual leader "a good friend" after the Thursday encounter at a Washington prayer meeting.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner landed a deal in Beijing ranging from two proposed nuclear power plants to joint space exploration, Associated Press reported.
Survivors of Ebola have been dealing with severe side effects from the illness, and now a report shows people who've fought the deadly Ebola disease are now experiencing a number of additional health issues.
Puerto Rico is currently $168 billion in debt and bankrupt Earlier this week Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Dia published a front-page story reporting the island is bankrupt.
A leader of one of the largest drug trafficking organizations in Honduras turned himself in last week at the United States Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Insight Crime reports.
The Burkina Faso presidential guard asked for interim Prime Minister Isaac Zida to step down this week prompting the country to review the guard's role to try to defuse the dispute between the elite corps and Prime Minister.
The birth of a child should be a joyous occasion, but for Samuel Forrest of Armenia, it was a day of emotional turmoil when he was told by doctors that his newborn son has Down Syndrome, and he received an ultimatum from his wife.
A 54-year-man faces multiple charges of incapacitated rape after allegedly drugging and sexually assaulted up to 100 women he came into contact with as part of a fake study he conducted on sleeping habits.
Speaking to supporters in Caracas before meeting with Ernesto Samper, the Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called for a relationship with the United States based on diplomacy and demanded an end to what he sees as a U.S. backed plan to destabilize his government.
The U.S. State Department announced this week additional visa restrictions for human rights violators from Venezuela. Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro has since criticized the U.S. government's decision.
Benjamin Netanyahu has no plans to cancel a planned March 3 speech before a joint session of Congress, which has ruffled feathers in the United States weeks before the Israeli prime minister's arrival.
