At least seven people were wounded in Tel Aviv on Wednesday when a Palestinian man stabbed civilians on a commuter bus and in the street. The attack marked the first such incident since a soldier was stabbed to death two months ago amid a surge of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
An Australian father is facing drug charges and potential jail time after treating his 2-year-old daughter cannabis oil to help ease her pain for stage 4 cancer.
Pope Francis minced no words aboard the papal plane on Monday when he told the world's more than 1 billion Catholics that they need not breed "like rabbits."
A new poll released on Tuesday reveals that recent world events have cast a spotlight on the importance of foreign policy for the current administration. A majority of Americans admit that they are living in fear of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil that they feel is imminent and have also expressed concern that Congress is incapable of keeping the country safe from such a threat.
Six Democratic members of Congress traveled to Cuba over the weekend to meet with dignitaries and continue diplomatic talks with the island nation. The State Department will pick up the baton and send its own delegation to Cuba on Wednesday.
Argentine investigator Alberto Nisman, in charge of investigating the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) building, was found dead at his home in Buenos Aires on Monday.
With the U.S. and Cuba normalizing its diplomatic relations, President Barack Obama is expected to comment on its progress, however, the future with the Guantanamo Bay prison facility remains shrouded.
A newly released study examined the correlation between hours worked each week and drinking habits and found that – worldwide – individuals who work longer weeks than their peers were prone to heavier alcoholic drinking tendencies.
Mexican police have arrested last Friday a member of a criminal drug gang linked with the murder of 43 student teachers in the southern city of Iguala last September
The U.S. government confidently traced last year's massive Sony hack to North Korea in part because the National Security Agency had itself infiltrated Pyongyang's computer systems. The NSA tried to break into the North's networks as early as 2010 with the help of American allies.
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine affirmed on Monday that they were in control of the Donetsk airport. The city of nearly a million inhabitants serves as the capital of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, and the airfield - though largely destroyed in earlier clashes - is of significant strategic and symbolic value.
Fighting between government forces and Shiite rebels has Yemen on the brink of a coup, though both sides agreed to a cease-fire on Monday after clashes had reached the vicinity of the presidential palace in Sanaa, the country's capital.
A gay couple from Mexico has been stopped from getting married four times. A gay couple from Mexico has been stopped from getting married four times. Victor Fernando Urias Amparo and Victor Manuel Aguirre Espinoza have not been allowed to marry because of Mexicali's mayor, Jaime Rafael Diaz Ochoa, and other officials.
