Blog
First American to orbit Earth, John Glenn dies at 95
John Glenn, who made history twice as the first American to orbit the Earth and the first senior citizen to venture into ...Russia says Syria army halts Aleppo attacks as rebels cornered
Syria\'s army on Thursday halted its attacks in Aleppo to allow for trapped civilians to be evacuated, Russia\'s foreign minister announced, after ...Protesters against austerity clash with police in Rio
Police and protesters clashed Tuesday outside the state legislature in Rio de Janeiro during a demonstration against austerity measures being discussed in ...Fidel Castro laid to rest in Cuba, ending nine days of mourning
Fidel Castro\'s ashes were laid to rest on Sunday, capping nine days of official mourning when hundreds of thousands of Cubans said ...Austria far-right concedes in presidential race
Austria\'s Freedom Party conceded defeat Sunday in its bid to elect Europe\'s first far-right president, as projections showed its candidate Norbert Hofer ...Fatah picks party officials amid talk of Abbas succession
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas\'s Fatah party on Saturday held a vote for members of its ruling bodies that could give clues to ...Mass protest demands ouster, arrest of South Korea president
Hundreds of thousands of protestors marched in Seoul for the sixth-straight week Saturday to demand the ouster and arrest of scandal-hit President ...Eight miners dead after tremor hits Polish copper mine
The final death toll of an earth tremor causing rockfalls deep underground in Europe\'s largest copper mine in southwestern Poland rose to ...Search for HIV vaccine resumes with test in South Africa
The latest attempt in the long, frustrating search for a vaccine against HIV began in South Africa on Wednesday, as scientists test ...Mosul food, water reserves dwindle as fighting cuts off supplies
The United Nations issued a fresh warning on Wednesday about the humanitarian situation in eastern Mosul where the U.S.-backed Iraqi army is ...




