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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Honduran authorities detained four people for the disappearance of Miss Honduras 2014. Police said Monday that the four suspects are being held for questioning for the disappearance of Maria José Alvarado last week.
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.
Japan has money problems. After an unexpected shrink for the second consecutive quarter, Japan, the world's third largest economy, is now in a recession.
President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos, canceled peace talks Monday with the country's main rebel group because he says they are holding an army general and two other people captive.
The Ebola epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has not slowed down. President Obama is seeking billions in funding from Congress before it ends it session. Health professionals are dying from the disease, but thousands more are badly needed if the disease is going to stop killing people.
A Virginia woman has been charged for promoting the Islamic State on social media and offering to help get an acquaintance into Syria to join the extremist group.
The attack, which happened during morning prayers, has left four dead. Carried out by two Palestinian family members, the attack has been hailed by some extremist groups as revenge for the death of Palestinian man, though authorities believe he committed suicide.
Paris authorities said Monday that one of the Islamic State extremists involved in a video showing a beheaded U.S. aid worker and slaughtered Syrian soldiers is an Islamic convert Frenchman.
The U.S. government dismisses the new Russian report that a Ukraine fighter jet shot down the Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17.
