International

(BBC) - A masked man armed with a sword has killed a pupil and a teacher at a school in Sweden. The suspect, clad in black, apparently posed for photos with students ahead of the attack, in the western town of Trollhattan. Two further…

(The Week) - Donald Trump has been dethroned — at least in Iowa. A new Quinnipiac University poll out Thursday shows that Ben Carson now leads the GOP presidential field in the Hawkeye State by an 8 point margin, winning the support of 28…

(USA Today) - A New York City police officer died Tuesday night after being shot during a gun battle in East Harlem, officials said. Randolph Holder, who was assigned to the NYPD's housing unit, was responding at about 8:30 to reports of…

(MSN) - For days, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been sequestered inside her red brick home in Washington, poring over events that happened more than three years ago and half a world away. Her preparations for the hearing on Thursday before…

(CNN) - Next month photographer Peter Turnley will become the first American to be given a major exhibition at Havana's Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes since the Cuban Revolution, when his exhibition opens in the museum on November 13. The…

(Reuters) - Guatemalan comic Jimmy Morales should triumph easily in a second round run-off on Sunday to elect the country's next president after the arrest of the previous leader in a massive corruption scandal, a poll showed on Wednesday.…

(Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has sealed a multi-billion dollar deal to finance nuclear power stations in Britain, crowning a visit that Prime Minister David Cameron hopes will unleash a wave of investment from the world's second…

CHICAGO (AP) -- Marijuana use among U.S. adults doubled over a decade, rising to almost 10 percent or more than 22 million mostly recreational users, government surveys show. The trend reflects a cultural shift and increasingly permissive…

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden will not run for president in 2016, he said Wednesday, ending a months-long flirtation with a third White House campaign and setting him on a glide path toward the end of his decades-long…

(BBC) - South African students who were marching to parliament in a protest over a rise in student fees have clashed with police. Police fired stun grenades as the protesters were trying to force their way into the parliamentary complex.…

(BBC) - Canadian Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau has confirmed he will withdraw Canadian fighter jets from the air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. He informed US President Barack Obama of his decision hours…

(BBC) - Supporters of Canada's centrist Liberal Party are to hold a huge rally after a decisive election win that ends almost a decade of Conservative rule. Party leader Justin Trudeau, who will become prime minister, is due to address a…

(London) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday hailed the "bright future" of closer relations with Britain, addressing lawmakers as part of a pomp-laden visit during which more than $46 billion of deals are expected to be signed.…

(Reuters) - Russian air strikes in Syria's Latakia province killed a rebel commander and four other fighters from a group armed by President Bashar al-Assad's foreign enemies, a spokesman for the group said on Tuesday. The attack on Monday…

Tegucigalpa, Honduras -- President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez joined National Geographic at an October 6th event at the Presidential Palace to highlight the amazing discoveries detailed in the organization's reporting on Ciudad…