Shoko Asahara, the leader of Aum Shinri Kyo, appears in a NHK news program Friday, March 24, 1995, and denied any involvement in Monday's attack on the Tokyo subway systems with nerve gas. NHK said it obtained the videotape from…
CHIANG RAI, Thailand -- It's a race against time to rescue 12 young boys and their soccer coach, trapped inside a flooded cave in Thailand. Monsoon rains are headed their way, complicating the effort to rescue them. Crews are drilling through…
LONDON -- Their flashlights broke nine days of darkness -- and their distinct British accents broke the silence. John Volanthen and his partner Rick Stanton were the first to reach the 12 boys trapped in a cave in Thailand. Out…
In a stunning instance of the animal kingdom taking karma into its own hands – or rather, paws – at least three poachers were mauled to death and then eaten by lions earlier this week after they illegally entered the…
The World Trade Organization said uncertainty about a possible trade war is already dragging down the world economy. The WTO issued the warning just before new U.S. tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese imports go into effect at midnight Thursday.…
A police officer keeps watch at a site damaged due to fireworks explosions in the municipality of Tultepec, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico, July 5, 2018. DANIEL BECERRIL/REUTERS MEXICO CITY -- Nineteen people were killed and at least…
A 31-year-old father was killed this week in a polar bear attack while protecting his children in Canada's northernmost territory of Nunavut, according to Canadian media reports. The man, Aaron Gibbons, was unarmed when the bear attacked him on Sentry…
A lobster fishing boat heads out to sea in the Gulf of Maine. AP A Canadian fisherman's association is reporting that U.S. Border Patrol agents have stopped and questioned multiple Canadian fishermen in waters that are the subject of an…
People inflate a helium-filled Donald Trump balloon which they hope to deploy during the president's July 2018 visit in London. Simon Dawson / REUTERS A giant balloon dubbed the "Trump Baby" will be allowed to fly near London's Parliament during President Trump's…
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It is a plan as crazy as the situation is desperate -- towing an iceberg from Antarctica to Cape Town to supply fresh water to a city in the grip of drought. Earlier this year, Cape Town came within weeks…
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Boys from a youth soccer team trapped inside Tham Luang cave covered in hypothermia blankets react to the camera in Chiang Rai, Thailand, in this still image taken from a July 3, 2018 video by Thai Navy SEAL. Thai Navy…
Kim Dotcom speaks to media after being released on bail at North Shore District Court, Feb. 22, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand. Sandra Mu/Getty Images WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Flamboyant internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three of his former colleagues have…
CHIANG RAI, Thailand -- It's been more than a week since 12 boys and their soccer coach got trapped inside a flooded cave. Rescue crews have brought them food and medicine, but it's still too dangerous to bring them out.…
Last Updated Jul 4, 2018 5:50 PM EDT British police said Wednesday that two people found unconscious over the weekend were poisoned by Novichok, the same nerve agent used against ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. The two new victims, a…
A woman who paramedics had declared dead after a horrific car crash in South Africa was later found alive in a mortuary refrigerator, emergency services said on Monday. Ambulance service Distress Alert confirmed that the unnamed woman had been certified…
Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki's reacts to flying ants during her second round match against Russia's Ekaterina Makarova at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain, on July 4, 2018. TOBY MELVILLE / REUTERS LONDON -- Roger Federer and…
WARSAW, Poland -- Pope Francis' decision to move the World War II-era head of Poland's Catholic Church a step closer to possible sainthood has hit a stumbling block, after two leading Jewish organizations and even Polish Catholic publications called him…
GUATEMALA CITY -- Authorities in Guatemala have raised by more than 130 the number of people officially missing from last month's deadly eruption of the Volcano of Fire. The country's disaster agency says in a statement that the new figure…
Police on the scene at Muggleton Road where a major incident was declared after a man and woman were exposed to an unknown substance, July 4, 2018 in Amesbury, England. Getty British police have declared a "major incident" after two…
Actor/producer Kevin Spacey talks on stage at Cars, Arts & Beats: A Night Out With "Baby Driver" at the Petersen Automotive Museum on Oct. 4, 2017, in Los Angeles, Calif. Getty LONDON -- British police are investigating six claims of…
A photo posted online by ISIS on July 4, 2018 shows a young boy identified as the son of the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The statement by ISIS' media operation names the boy as Huthaifa al-Badri, and says he…
Heavy rains expected in Thailand are increasing the pressure to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach who are trapped in a cave. The boys, aged 11 to 16 years old, have been trapped underground by floodwaters for 11 days…