In an unforeseen move, Pope Francis has demoted American Cardinal Raymond Burke after he spoke out against the pope's attempts to reform the Catholic Church's stance on homosexual people, divorce and contraception. The move, however, was not enough to prevent conservative bishops from removing the gay-friendly language from synod's final statement.
Boko Haram, the Islamic extremists who threatened to topple towns across Nigeria in order to establish their own rule and are responsible for the kidnapping of 200 schoolgirls in March this year, agreed to a ceasefire and to release the girls Friday.
Argentine officials have announced the discovery of a brutally beaten teen body in an unmarked grave, five years after the the teen was reported missing.
The war in Syria and Iraq may be intensifying if reports that former Iraqi pilots are training ISIL to fly captured Syrian military planes are proven true.
In a symbolic vote, the British Parliament voted to recognize the Palestinian state in hopes of pressuring the British government of Prime Minister David Cameron into formally recognizing Palestine. Though most of the members of Parliament abstained, the vote was condemned by Israel.
The Nigerian government and Islamist terror group Boko Haram have reached a ceasefire agreement, part of which deal includes the release of over 200 kidnapped schoolgirls.
The ARSAT -1 telecom satellite is the first built by a Latin American nation. It will provide telephone, television and data transmissions to Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Two nurses are infected with the Ebola virus. A drug maker plans to start testing its experimental antiviral drug. Obama Administration appoints a 'czar' and the World Health Organization admitted in an internal report botched efforts to stop the spread of Ebola.
Just days before Oscar Pistorius learns of his fate in the shooting death of Reeva Steenkamp, prosecutors announced for the first time that they are seeking a 10-year prison sentence for the Paralympic athlete.
With news that a second health care worker was diagnosed with Ebola and flew to Cleveland despite a developing fever, Speaker of the House John Boehner wants President Barack Obama to consider a temporary flight ban as the virus remains a top health concern.
Day four of Oscar Pistorius' sentencing hearing resumed Thursday morning, with Reeva Steenkamp's cousin declaring that the South African athlete deserves jail time for killing his girlfriend.
The two nurses infected with Ebola after treating a Liberian man who died of the disease are transferred to biohazard facilities. House of Representatives held a committee hearing Thursday concerned U.S. hospitals are not ready and healthcare workers not properly trained or equipped.
The marine is currently held aboard the USS Peleliu in Subic Bay, the Philippines until the investigation ends. He faces murder charges for killing a transgender woman in a hotel room.
Plane evacuated in Madrid for suspected Ebola case A new suspected case of Ebola has sprouted in Spain, when a passenger was taken off of an Air France plane Thursday.
Glacial melt-off in Peru reaches 40 percent in 4 decades Glaciers near the southern South American country of Peru have shrunk by 40 percent in the past four decades, which has created a number of high-altitude lakes, Reuters reported.
One of Reeva Steenkamp's relatives gave a moving testimony during Oscar Pistorius' sentencing hearing on Tuesday about the late model who was killed last year.
