El Salvador's Congress pardoned a woman who was sentenced to a 30-year prison term after complications lead to a miscarriage when she was just a teen, according to The Guardian.
The risk of nuclear war may be far lower now than in 1984 during the height of the Cold War, but the iconic Doomsday Clock stands once again at three minutes to midnight, in part because the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists thinks climate change poses new and significant risks to the future of our planet.
The pope expressed solidarity with undocumented immigrants who cross the border from Mexico. Though he will not be able to visit the country, Pope Francis will be planning trips to South America.
The fate of two Japanese hostages held by the Islamist terror group ISIS was unclear on Friday after a deadline to pay ransom for their release had passed. The "Islamic State, which controls large swaths of land in Iraq and Syria, had demanded $200 million to free them.
On Friday, King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud vowed to the policies of his predecessor, the late King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, as he took over the reign of Saudi Arabia, one of the closest Middle East allies of the United States. The new ruler called for unity among his region's countries in a period of widespread unrest.
Actress Emma Watson spoke to global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday regarding plans to spread the United Nations' new gender equality initiative worldwide. The "Harry Potter" star appeared in her role as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and shared plans for the yearlong initiative, IMPACT 10X10X10, which addresses deficiencies in women's empowerment and gender equality and presented alongside a panel including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
Andre Correa, Rio de Janeiro state's top environmental official, has acknowledged that Brazil's pledge of bringing down the levels of pollution flowing into the trash, raw sewage and debris-filled Guanabara Bay by 80 percent for the 2016 Summer Olympics is an unrealistic goal.
Economic "worries" prevail across Latin America according to an assessment by Alejandro Werner, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) director for the Western Hemisphere. Werner made this pronouncement two days after the economic organization closed its 2015 growth forecast.
The Miss Universe contest is right around the corner, and Migbelis Castellanos, who is representing Miss Venezuela, is feeling confident about her chances.
Prince Andrew spoke publicly for the first time Thursday about the sexual misconduct claims at the World Economic Forum reception in Davos, Switzerland.
The risk of an ISIS terror attack in Britain is "very significant," Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond warned on Thursday. His countrymen ought to be on the lookout to "disrupt ... plots before they come to the stage of an attack," he added.
According to sources, detainees held at the U.S. prison complex in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, can not be sent to Yemen after the Obama administration effectively reinstated a ban on such transfers given the volatile security situation in the Arab world's poorest country.
It is one of the most timeless and iconic visages of all time, but that didn’t keep museum handlers from making short work of it. The legendary blue and gold braided beard on the burial mask of pharaoh Tutankhamun has been glued back together with a cheap epoxy, after having been unceremoniously knocked off during a cleaning.
The United States and Cuban officials are on their second day of diplomatic talks in the island, which will include plans to reopen embassies at their respective capitals.
