The French public further underlined its support for Charlie Hebdo by picking up all 700,000 copies of the satirical magazine attacked last week by Islamist militants. The publication's latest issue, offered at 27,000 newsstands across the country, sold out within minutes.
Pope Francis had a positive message for the people of Sri Lanka. Learn more here. Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to a Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
After initial fears about a possible toxic gas leak aboard the International Space Station, it appears that a problem with a computer onboard the craft sounded the alarm by mistake, which then prompted astronauts located on the American side of the station to move to the Russian sector on Wednesday while the situation was investigated.
Al-Qaida's Yemeni branch on Wednesday claimed responsibility for last week's attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which left 12 people dead and sparked a week of violence and massive anti-terror protests across the country.
Turmoil is looming over Venezuela while President Nicolas Maduro is abroad. One of the opposition’s leaders, Miranda Gov. Henrique Capriles, has called for new protests against the government to call attention to the country’s current troubles.
Eleven people in Ukraine died as a bus was attacked Ukrainian, authorities said. Separatists have denied responsibility for the attacks. At the same time, the battle between separatist and government forces became even more deadly around Donetsk, which is home to an international airport.
Just a week after an attack on its headquarters, Charlie Hebdo will print three million copies of a special satirical magazine depicting the Prophet Muhammad on its cover.
The Cameroonian government said it was the militants' heaviest loss yet on its territory. Communications minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary said in a statement that in the early hours on Monday, several hundred Boko Haram fighters used the cover of thick fog to enter Kolofata, a town and commune in Cameroon, from Nigeria to storm the town's military base, reports ABC News Online.
After deleting his Facebook page and being publicly challenged to a public debate by a 1o-year-old girl, Eugenio Derbez is finally speaking out about the backlash he got from hosting Teletón México.
There are now 12 contestants in the Miss Bumbum Mexico competition. There are now 12 contestants in the Miss Bumbum Mexico competition. For the first time, Mexico is adapting the popular Miss Bumbum Brazil competition with a few modifications.
Russia passed a law preventing people considered to be "sexual deviants" from obtaining driver's license in an attempt to curb the country's atrocious number of car accidents. However, human rights groups and activists have decried the Kremlin's actions.
Pope Francis welcomed Angelina Jolie to the Vatican on Thursday after the movie "Unbroken," which the actress produced and directed, premiered in the city-state. The private screening took place at a patrician villa that is home to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the station noted.
