Boko Haram attacked two Nigerian cities, Maiduguru and Damaturu, on Monday. The cities, located to the north, suffered severe casualties, especially in Damaturu, where government forces battles Boko Haram fighters for control of the city.
Central American migrants, especially unaccompanied minors, traveling north through Mexico on the freight train colloquially known as "The Beast" were repeatedly assisted by two male aid workers, Adrian Rodriguez Garcia and Wilson Castro; both who were recently murdered in Mexico.
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a case that could determine whether the First Amendment of the Constitution protects death threats made on the Internet as free speech.
Art aficionados from around the world are flocking to Art Basel this week in Miami Beach(Dec. 4-7), where modern and contemporary art will be celebrated in some of the most eccentric ways that will raise eyebrows, challenge onlookers to think outside of the box and expand their artistic, cultural and societal canvas.
Qatar has lifted a travel ban that had kept two American citizens from leaving the Mideast nation even though the couple had been cleared in the death of their child. An appellate court had acquitted Matthew and Grace Huang of starving their adopted daughter in 2013, but immigration officials at Hamad International Airport would not allow them to leave Sunday.
Islamic State supporters have declared on social media that the report of their leader's detained wife and child is false, according to the New York Times.
On Monday protesters marched in several cities in Mexico to observe the second anniversary of President Enrique Pena Nieto's administration and to demand that the government find the 43 male students who went missing at the hands of police and are assumed to have been murdered.
Finland's parliament legalized same-sex marriage over the weekend in a close vote. The archbishop of the country's Lutheran Church welcomed the vote, sparking mass resignations from the church.
Former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak has been freed from custody, and all charges against him were dropped. Over the weekend, a judge decided that the prosecution committed a procedural mistake that allowed for Mubarak's freedom. His release has sparked protests throughout the North African nation.
In Mexico, 11 people who had been arrested in recent anti-government demonstrations and sent to maximum-security prisons have been released without charges.
President Barack Obama is planning a day of meetings with his cabinet, civil rights leaders and law enforcement at the White House on Monday to discuss the killing of Michael Brown, and the ongoing protests in Ferguson, Missouri and across the U.S.
U.S. intelligence warned ISIS is planning to recruit from within the U.S. to orchestrate attacks against military, law enforcement or intelligence personnel.
Is a death threat expressed on line in social media an actual threat or can it be protected speech under the First Amendment? The U.S. Supreme Court will hear testimony arguing for and against in the case Elonis v. United States about whether violent threats on social should be protected speech.
At least 35 inmates from a Venezuelan jail have died from a mass drug overdose, and 20 are in comas. Meanwhile, Venezuela's government is investigating the incident.
