Naval forces with the European Union carried out the first air strikes on shore against Somali pirates. The attacks targeted the village of Handulle, which is located in the Mudug region of Somalia. One of the pirate commanders, Bile Hussein,..
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Authorities initially figured that a pair skulls found in a backyard in Winter Garden, Florida were those of two murder victims from the 1970s. A workman installing a pump for a pool found a piece of a skull. He notified..
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One of the three major airlines in China has dropped all but one flight a day to the Philippines. China Southern Airlines normally has two flights a day to the Philippines; however, the airline said that the decreasing number of..
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Mitchell Guist, one of the stars on the reality television show “Swamp People” has died after suffering a seizure while on a boat in Lousiana. According to Mike Waguespack, who is the Assumption Parish sheriff, Guist was near the Belle..
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Almost 30 years ago, Emanuela Orldani, 15, disappeared on her way to a music lesson in Rome. She has never been found, but her disappearance has been one of the mysteries that has plagued the Vatican in the past few..
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The official news agency in Iran, IRNA, reported on Monday that the government has hanged Majid Jamali Fashi for his participation in the murder of a top nuclear scientist in 2010. The scientist, Mosoud Ali Mohammadi, was killed in January..
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Palestinians across the Gaza Strip and the West Bank were celebrating on Monday after news of a deal between Israel and prisoners was released to the public. The deal was negotiated by mediators from Egypt and it will end the..
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A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck an area of South America that straddles both northern Chile and southern Peru. La Pez, Bolivia also felt the quake, but only minimally. The center of the quake was located about 40 miles from..
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The Yemen government has killed another two dozen suspected al Qaeda militants in the Abyan province. According to local security officers, four troops were also killed in the attacks and nine more were wounded.   The Yemen government said that..
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On Saturday, the United States launched two more drone strikes against al Qaeda in Yemen. There were eleven members of al Qaeda killed in the attacks, which occurred in the Mareb province.   The first attack killed seven people, targeting..
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