A stampede at a Cairo soccer stadium on Sunday ended in the deaths of at least 19 people. Egyptian security forces had used tear gas to curtail fans who were trying to force their way into a league match, and most of the dead were suffocated in the ensuing panic.
Prostitution is a legal and common practice in Italy, and Rome wants to make the sex industry that thrives within its borders a safer, cleaner enterprise. Ignazio Marino, the mayor of the eternal city, is considering, along with other Roman officials, designating a "red light" district in order to shield prostitutes from potential exploitation and protect families from embarrassment.
Sandra Avila Beltran was released from prison after winning an appeal. The judge in her case ruled her current sentence was based on offenses she already served time for.
Scotland Yard has now spent somewhere around 10 million pounds in their efforts to providing a 24-hour guard at the Ecuadorean embassy in London where the whistle-blowing Australian publisher and journalist has claimed asylum.
The renewed push to normalize diplomatic relations has cigar fans excited as the end of the embargo may allow for Cuban cigars to be sold legally in the U.S.
In the Brazilian city of Salvador at least 13 individuals have been killed in a shootout that took place between police and suspects of an attempted armed robbery.
Nigeria will postpose presidential elections amidst continued violence from Boko Haram. The Nigerian government announced Saturday plans to postpone its Feb.
The FBI and Justice Department found the group was sending money and supplies, such as combat clothes and firearms accessories, to ISIS fighters in Syria.
Former U.S President Bill Clinton was in Mexico Friday to meet with Mexico's president Enrique Peña Nieto at the summit for Youth and Productivity in Mexico City.
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.
