Hundreds of Mexicans protested outside the Mexican Consulate in New York to show global solidarity over a corrupted government, a desire for the end to the "Drug Wars" and the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students.
Ebola remains a significant health crisis in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that the Ebola epidemic death toll has risen to nearly 5,500 out of 15,351 cases identified in eight countries, reports Huffington Post.
Increased production of corn, wheat, rice and other crops in the Northern Hemisphere contributes at least 25 percent of the seasonal increase of the concentration of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Protests erupted throughout Mexico denouncing the government’s ill response to the abduction of 43 college students who disappeared two months ago. Protesters called for the resignation of President Enrique Pena Nieto as they clashed with police in Mexico City.
Last week, the International Business Times reported that the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, who has undergone bouts of "severe morning sickness," was living at her parents in Buckleberry, under the watchful eye of her mother. She is now reportedly back in her home.
In a surprise move, China's central bank cut interest rates on Friday in an effort to "re-energize the world's No. 2 economy." The people's republic is among a number of countries trying to "encourage growth in the face of a global slowdown," according to the Associated Press.
Peace talks will resume in Havana after the Colombian government and FARC reached an agreement that would liberate hostages taken by the Marxist rebel group. FARC will release the hostages, including an army general, as soon as the Colombian army ends military actions.
The United States is giving visitors from Ebola-ravaged countries temporary protected status, which allows them to remain in the country for up to 18 months.
Nearly 1,000 people have been killed in Ukraine since a September ceasefire agreement between the government in Kiev and separatists in the east of the country, the U.N. Human Rights Office revealed in a report.
Miss Honduras found dead after she and her sister were murdered by her sister's jealous boyfriend, Plutarco Ruiz. She and her sister were buried on Thursday.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's attempt to squash the warrant for his arrest was rejected by a Swedish appellate court Thursday. The decision means Assange will likely continue to be confined to the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where the 43-year-old has been living since 2012 when the South American nation granted him asylum.
Mickael Dos Santos, a 22-year-old Muslim convert from a Parisian suburb, has been identified by the French media as the second French executioner featured in the latest video released by the Islamic State group ISIS.
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) will head the House Intelligence Committee in 114th Congress. Nunes called the Obama Administration's foreign policy a "complete disaster," supports torture, voted repeatedly for surveillance and intelligence gathering without oversight or warrant, and extended the Patriot Act.
On Wednesday, Isaac Zida, a lieutenant colonel who had temporarily led Burkina Faso after the ouster of the West African country's longtime leader, was named prime minister of a transitional government there.
