Global crude prices have dropped by 50 percent just June, and gas prices around the world are plummeting as the barrel reaches a price not seen since after the 2008 recession.
Some 60 journalists around the world lost their lives in the course of their work in 2014, the Committee to Protect Journalists said, and more than 40 percent of them were murdered.
Dominican Republic's President Danilo Medina signed into law the country's amended Penal Code that will allow women access to safe abortion services in cases of rape, incest, fetal impairment and when the life of the pregnant woman is at risk.
The hermit nation continued to have problems with its national Internet connectivity on Tuesday, though the downtime lasted minutes this time instead of hours.
Transport Canada, an army of the Canadian government, officially confirmed on Tuesday that Santa Claus has been cleared for a safe take-off for his journey to deliver toys to boys and girls around the world on Christmas Eve.
Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram has released a video depicting their slaughter of captive civilians. Despite this new footage of brutality, the group has suffered some losses across Nigeria's borders.
With President Barack Obama announcing plans to renew diplomatic relations with Cuba, the island's designation as a "State Sponsor of Terrorism" has been questioned.
Republican leadership in Congress has said authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline will be its first order of business next year, but President Barack Obama said the project would be of small benefit to Americans.
The American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch has called on the Justice Department to open an investigation into the torture practices committed during the administration of President George W. Bush.
North Korea did not participate in a U.N. Security Council meeting Monday and Pyongyang is accusing the United States and its allies of using the issue as a weapon to overthrow dictator Kim Jong U
Chinese man awarded compensation for gay shock therapy A Chinese man won a court case, resulting in monetary compensation, after a court in Beijing ruled the electric shock therapy that was used to "cure" him of being gay.
Boko Haram releases new video of massacre Boko Haram released a video showing an apparent civilian massacre, according to CBS. The Islamic extremist group, which has terrorized a large swath of Nigeria since April, continues to do so to fulfill their goal of establishing what they are calling an Islamic caliphate.
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, the 43-year-old Cuban American from Florida, voiced his opposition of the Obama administration's renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba, but his sentiments could be related to his generation and a community with a rapidly changing opinion on both country’s policies.
Although Cuban President Raul Castro has praised recent progress in U.S.-Cuba relations, the Community leader demanded that the United States respect its political system.
Sen. John McCain announced that he will hold a hearing to investigate the high-profile cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment once he becomes the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
A report on the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup games may soon be available for public scrutiny–in a limited scope–after FIFA revisits the issue.
A British firm has recently revealed it is working on a commercial jet engine that would be able to fly 300 passengers around the world at five times the speed of sound, or Mach 5.
