Ren Benavidez | Aug 07, 2014 10:35 PM EDT
United States President Barack Obama is considering launching an airstrike against the Islamic militants in Northern Iraq and sending humanitarian air drops to those who were besieged. read more
Andy Vitalicio | Aug 07, 2014 06:06 PM EDT
Thousands of Iraqi Christians are on the run after militants belonging to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) advanced into and overran the country's largest Christian city, Qaraqosh, in northern Iraq. read more
Tara Scott | Aug 07, 2014 05:00 PM EDT
Three officers smuggled $400,000 worth of cocaine into New York while aboard the Juan Sebastián de Elcano. read more
Staff Reporter | Aug 08, 2014 01:44 PM EDT
President Xi Jinping has vowed to put an end to widespread corruption at all levels of the Chinese government. At-risk politicians that have been identified by government officials are sent away to take tours of prison facilities, which is designed to serve as a deterrent from corrupt behavior. read more
Whitney Larkins | Aug 08, 2014 05:38 AM EDT
Chang Chia-juch, Taiwan's Economic Minister Chang Chia-juch and his deputy, Woody Duh, offered to resign from their post after the natural gas explosion in southern Taiwan last week, The Wall Street Journal reported. read more
Ren Benavidez | Aug 07, 2014 02:05 PM EDT
Russian President Vladimir Putin has banned agricultural products going to the countries that imposed a sanction on Russia as a form of retaliation. read more
Ren Benavidez | Aug 07, 2014 02:00 PM EDT
The website of a major contractor for the Department of Homeland Security was hacked on Wednesday and reports said that information of U.S. government employees may have been compromised. read more
Rhona Arcaya | Aug 07, 2014 12:47 PM EDT
The presidential candidate's remarks during a television interview brought back memories of the 1915 Armenian Genocide in the Turkish Empire. read more
David Perry | Aug 07, 2014 01:26 PM EDT
The angry rhetoric between China and Japan over a contested set of islands ratcheted up this week when China accused Japanese fighter jets of shadowing its own planes in the contested region. read more
Christl Leong | Aug 07, 2014 11:58 AM EDT
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to act on immigration reform in the following weeks, but needs to tread carefully over growing concerns of Americans on the threat of illegal immigration poses to culture and economy, according to Reuters. read more
Princess Carreon | Aug 07, 2014 12:00 PM EDT
U.S. President Barack Obama praised a better and emerging Africa with 40 African leaders on the last day of a summit held at Washington DC. read more
Ren Benavidez | Aug 07, 2014 12:01 PM EDT
The Iraqi army has launched an airstrike that killed 60 Islamic militants in the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday. read more
Ren Benavidez | Aug 07, 2014 12:27 PM EDT
United States health officials have announced on Wednesday that they have authorized the use of an Ebola test developed by the Pentagon. read more
Ren Benavidez | Aug 07, 2014 12:41 PM EDT
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is under fire after saying in an interview on Wednesday that being called Armenian was ugly. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more