South Africa pursues legalization of rhino horn trade to curb poaching South Africa, which is home to the most rhinos in the world, is contemplating legalizing the rhino-horn trade in order to control the numbers of rhinos killed and curb the poaching problem.
At least 10 percent of world's children are in forced labor A new survey revealed that at least 10 percent of the world's children are in forced labor and 40 percent of countries are not doing enough to protect the children, according to the Guardian.
ISIS reportedly beheads Peter Kessig, new video released A former Army ranger who was a U. S. aid worker in Syria is reportedly dead, after the Islamic State released yet another video claiming to have beheaded Peter Kessig.
Twelve women died in India after undergoing sterilization, reports showed on Wednesday. Twelve women died in India after undergoing sterilization, reports showed on Wednesday.
Cuba asked international companies on Monday to invest over $8 billion to help the island combat its economic crisis. The money would assist with kick-starting a centrally planned economy starved for cash and hamstrung by inefficiency.
Iraqi forces broke the Islamic State group's siege of the country's largest oil refinery in the northern town of Baiji Saturday, after jihadists had control of it for months.
Russian state television has released a photograph taken by satellite that it believes shows a Ukrainian fighter jet shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
Harvard grad and mayor of Colombian city tackles violence using scientific tool A mayor of a violent town in Colombia is using scientific techniques to curb crime in his city.
An elderly woman in Poland was incorrectly declared dead on Nov. 6 and sent to a funeral home, only to wake up 11 hours later while in cold storage at the mortuary
WhatsApp used to warn of coming violence in Brazil A forwarded message circulating in northern Brazil warned people to stay inside on the night of Nov.
Son of Sinaloa cartel's boss captured in Mexico The son of alleged Sinaloa drug cartel boss, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, was captured on Thursday, a Mexican official announced, according to The Associated Press.
Boko Haram seized town where schoolgirls were kidnapped in April The extremist Islamic group Boko Haram seized the Nigerian town of Chibok, where the more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped from earlier this year, The Associated Press reported.
The former mayor of the southern Mexican city of Iguala has been charged with murder and attempted murder in connection to the disappearance of 43 student-teachers in September.
Page now has almost 35,000 likes After massive layoffs at Univision Puerto Rico in October, a new Facebook page calling for a boycott of the company has been launched.
Director Lesley Chilcott's upcoming documentary, "A Small Section of the World" tells the "inspirational story about a group of women from a remote farming region in Costa Rica whose ideas sparked a revolution in the coffee growing world."Grammy-winning, Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette teamed up with renowned Costa Rican musician Carlos "Tapado" Vargas to create a powerful anthem for the film, called "The Morning."
Global authorities said Wednesday that the deaths of a cleric and a nurse from the Ebola virus in Mali went unnoticed and the country is struggling to prevent a major outbreak.
