The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen's Houthi rebels announced on Friday an investigation into an airstrike on a bus that killed at least 29 children, as pressure mounted on the U.S.-backed military coalition over the deadly strike. The announcement came after…
Police in the far eastern Canadian city of Fredericton lost two of their own in a shooting incident on Friday morning. Fredericton police confirmed in a tweet that there were "at least four people killed" earlier in the day, and…
Indian film actor turned politician Naramalli Sivaprasad arrives at parliament dressed as Adolf Hitler to press for government funding for his home state of Andhra Pradesh, in New Delhi, Aug. 9, 2018. Getty NEW DELHI -- An Indian lawmaker has…
ANKARA, Turkey - The Turkish currency has plunged to an all-time low amid concerns over the president's economies policies persisted and as a dispute with the U.S. showed no sign of subsiding. The lira hit a record low of 6.24…
Police in the far eastern Canadian city of Frederiction warned residents to stay in their homes early Friday as they responded to a mass shooting incident. The police said in a tweet that there were "at least four people killed,"…
This screen grab taken from AFPTV video on August 10, 2018 shows smoke rising into the air after Taliban militants launched an attack on the Afghan provincial capital Ghazni, with terrified residents cowering in their homes amid explosions and gunfire.…
MOSCOW -- Russia warned Friday that if the U.S. followed through with threats to impose further harsh economic sanctions it would be seen as a "declaration of economic war." The warning by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev came after Washington unveiled…
Chinese Hui Muslims pray during Eid al-Fitr prayers at Niujie Mosque in Beijing in a July 18, 2015 file photo. Authorities in northwestern China were to demolish a mosque on Aug. 10, 2018, despite protests by hundreds of members of…
Last Updated Aug 9, 2018 7:06 PM EDT ISTANBUL -- There was a horrifying attack Thursday in Yemen -- a Middle Eastern country torn apart by a 3-year-old civil war. An airstrike in the north reportedly killed at least 50,…
SANAA, Yemen -- An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels hit a bus in a market in northern Yemen on Thursday, killing dozens of people, including children, and wounding many more, Yemeni tribal leaders and local officials said.…
SANAA, Yemen -- An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels hit a bus in a market in northern Yemen on Thursday, killing dozens of people, including children, and wounding many more, Yemeni tribal leaders and local officials said.…
Crocodiles rest at a farm in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, Aug. 6, 2018. AP PETZAEL, West Bank -- An Israeli businessman appears to have bitten off more than he can chew with plans for a crocodile farm in a…
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during a memorial ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of the atomic bombing at the Peace Memorial Park in Nagasaki, western Japan, on August 9, 2018. Getty TOKYO -- Nagasaki marked the anniversary…
President Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photograph at the beginning of a one-on-one meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on Mon., July 16, 2018. AP MOSCOW -- Russia's government slammed as "unacceptable" on…
JERUSALEM -- Israeli warplanes struck dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip and three people were reported killed there, while Palestinian militants from the territory fired scores of rockets into Israel in a fierce burst of violence overnight and into…
Last Updated Aug 9, 2018 2:57 AM EDT BANGSAL, Indonesia -- A strong aftershock has shaken the Indonesian island of Lombok, where tens of thousands of people are homeless after a powerful earthquake on Sunday. Indonesia's geological agency said the…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentina's Senate has rejected a bill to legalize elective abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. The issue has divided the homeland of Pope Francis. Lawmakers debated for more than 15 hours, from Wednesday into…
Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet smiles for photographers before the inauguration of her Horizonte Ciudadano Foundation in Santiago, on Aug. 2, 2018. Claudio Reyes / AFP/Getty Images UNITED NATIONS — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has tapped Michelle Bachelet of Chile…
Israeli soldiers specializing in rescue operations arrive at the scene of the bombing of the U.S. Embassy building in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 8, 1998. GEORGE MULALA/REUTERS WASHINGTON — The United States is doubling rewards for al Qaeda leaders charged for their…
The Trump administration will impose new sanctions on Russia, alleging that President Vladimir Putin and the Russian government used a chemical weapon to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in an assassination attempt in Great Britain, the State Department said…
Firefighters in Derbyshire, England, spotted a firenado -- which looks like a tornado on fire -- and the video of the blazing cyclone has gone viral. Facebook/Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service Ashby Station Firefighters in Derbyshire, England, captured a strange…
Firefighters in Derbyshire, England, spotted a firenado -- which looks like a tornado on fire -- and the video of the blazing cyclone has gone viral. Facebook/Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service Ashby Station Firefighters in Derbyshire, England, captured a strange…
He was transporting kids from Georgia, through Alabama, to New Mexico compound where 11 starving children were rescued from last week.
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's most populous state was declared entirely in drought on Wednesday and struggling farmers were given new authority to shoot kangaroos that compete with livestock for sparse pasture during the most intense dry spell in more than…