Organizers of the People's Climate March in New York City were anticipating 100,000 people on Sunday. The actual turnout was quadruple that, with over 400,000 people attending.
This week, three cyclists arrived in Bolivia after spending three years riding their bikes from South America to the north of North America and back to South America.
A bomb blast beside Egypt's foreign ministry killed three policemen on Sunday, including a key witness in a trial of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
Pope Francis, in his strongest criticism of Islamist militants to date, said on Sunday no religious group which used violence and oppression could claim to be "the armor of God".
An Alaskan base scrambled two F-22 fighter jets to intercept a group of six Russian planes approaching the U.S. sovereign airspace near Alaska on Wednesday.
The Iraq and Syria-based ISIS, or ISIL, has branched out from its beheading videos. Its new video is entitled 'Lend Me Your Ears, Messages from the British Detainee John Cantlie.'
The eight workers were attacked by villagers after they began spreading disinfectant around the village. The bodies were discovered by the government delegation sent on Thursday.
Putting aside their political affiliations, Congress has passed authorization to combat the Islamic State militant group before going on recess, and it is ready for President Barack Obama's signature.
