Marcel Woo | May 06, 2014 09:48 AM EDT
At least one person was confirmed dead while 20 others were reported injured when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook Chiang Rai province in Thailand on Monday evening, authorities said today. read more
Robert Sarkanen | May 06, 2014 08:31 AM EDT
Outside the Gulf of Mexico, shrimp fisherman Carl Moore, 63, of Townsend, Georgia hauled up this unlikely wonder of nature, only the second of its species to be spotted in the area, on April 19. Moore's first comment at the time? "Man, he's ugly!" read more
Marcel Woo | May 06, 2014 05:25 AM EDT
A 53-year-old diver died Tuesday while making his first dive at the scene of the ill-fated South Korean ferry, becoming the first fatality in the grim and dangerous task of retrieving bodies from the sunken ship. read more
Marcel Woo | May 06, 2014 02:33 AM EDT
A London-based organization has released its annual list of the world's top places to be a mother. Find out if your country is one of those places. read more
Shiena Iane Bernardino | May 06, 2014 04:48 AM EDT
At least 22 people, including families stuck in a flooded compartment, died when a ferry and a yacht loaded with migrants who were attempting to enter into Greece tipped over in the eastern part of the Aegean Sea on Monday, Greek authorities reported. read more
Katie Collom | May 06, 2014 10:03 AM EDT
Republicans call for a Benghazi panel, a move considered by Democrats to be an attempt at tarnishing the party's name and affecting Hillary Clinton's chances at election in 2016. read more
Katie Collom | May 06, 2014 10:10 AM EDT
Putin signs three separate laws controlling criticism of USSR's role in WWII, denial of Nazi crimes, and censorship in the media. read more
Shiena Iane Bernardino | May 06, 2014 05:00 AM EDT
Beijing sketched out a comprehensive contingency plan intended for the disintegration of the government of North Korea, hinting that China has doubts in the stability of King Jong-un's leadership. read more
Marcel Woo | May 05, 2014 12:32 PM EDT
Political analysts in the United States are not downplaying any possibility that two familiar political names could be up against each other in the 2016 Presidential race - Bush and Clinton. read more
Acsilyn Miyazaki | May 05, 2014 11:51 AM EDT
The World Health Organization has gathered to talk about the re-occurrence of a wilder strain of polio virus to have hit regions thought to be almost polio free. read more
Marcel Woo | May 05, 2014 11:03 AM EDT
Three months after 276 girls were abducted from their school dormitory in Nigeria, the Islamist group Boko Haram on Monday admitted it was responsible for the kidnapping and announced plans to sell the remaining 223 girls to the market. read more
Ying Zhin | May 05, 2014 08:28 AM EDT
The next stage in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will involve the daunting task of scouring the deep, unmapped floor of a remote part of the Indian Ocean, officials from Australia, Malaysia and China announced Monday as they met in Canberra to discuss the new phase of the search. read more
Shiena Iane Bernardino | May 05, 2014 08:21 AM EDT
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye vowed to punish those responsible for the Sewol ferry tragedy when he met Sunday with relatives of the dead and missing passengers of the ill-fated boat that sank April 16. read more
Marcel Woo | May 05, 2014 02:36 AM EDT
Hundreds of circus-goers watched in horror as acrobats plummeted up to 40 feet to the ground when a metallic frame apparatus collapsed during a live hair-hanging performance inside the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Rhode Island on Sunday. 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