Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott chose the country's national holiday to announce a knighthood for Prince Philip, but the decision by the head of government seems not to have been particularly well received by his fellow citizens.
The United States and its European allies are putting tighter sanctions against Russia back on the table after attacks by Moscow-backed rebels effectively ended a fragile, five-month truce in eastern Ukraine.
It is almost impossible to imagine being a young person without Internet access these days, but until very recently, this was the case in Cuba, where home Internet connections are banned for all but a handful. Anyone who wants to go online is expected to pay what amounts to nearly a quarter of a month's salary for an hour of online use in government-run hotels and Internet centers. Most Cubans simply live offline, but a minority of islanders have secretly built a solution to their Internet problem.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its immigration agency hosted an anti-human trafficking seminar in Mexico with dozens of representatives from the country plagued with reoccurring drug, kidnapping and gun violence.
The decapitated body of Mexican journalist Moises Sanchez has been recovered. The journalist, who reported on political corruption and drug related violence for the weekly newspaper La Union in the town of Medellin de Bravo, had been missing for three weeks.
Miss Colombia Paulina Vega has been crowned Miss Universe during the 63rd annual Miss Universe pageant Sunday in Miami, beating out contestants from 88 other countries.
Damian Pachter, the Jewish journalist believed to have been first to break the news on the death of Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman, has fled Argentina for Israel in fear for his life.
Greta Wienfeld Ferusic, who lives in Sarajevo now, had to yell her tattooed identification number A9233 out for 10 full months every morning for lineups at Auschwitz.
Sweetened beverages, particularly soda, are packed with tablespoons of sugar or high fructose corn syrup. And often, it's paired with "natural" caramel color, phosphoric acid and caffeine. For these reasons, health officials identified soda as a key contributor to obesity and diabetes in adults and children in Mexico.
Throngs of Bolivians have taken to the streets of Sucre, Bolivia's capital, throwing flowers and dancing in a pagan joy to ring in the return of Ekeko, their 2,000-year-old pre-Columbian god of abundance and prosperity.
According to Brazilian Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira the country's three most populous states are currently experiencing the worst drought since 1930.
In Pepo's comic strips Yayita was Condorito's faithful girlfriend who attracted the attention of many men; in real life, Yayita is a woman accused of using her beauty to steal from men.
Experts seeking out the remains of Miguel de Cervantes are considering the possibility that they are in the final phase of a truly quixotic nine-month quest to solve the mystery about where the Spanish poet, playwright and novelist was buried.
According to the Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz, the Spanish National Police have arrested four suspect jihadists in the north African enclave of Ceuta who allegedly formed a terrorist cell.
A selfie that united Miss Lebanon and Miss Israel - two beauty queens representing countries that technically remain at war - is unlikely to contribute to reconciliation in the Middle East.
