International

Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) -- The grim search for missing hikers and bodies buried under snow continued Thursday against the dramatic backdrop of Nepal's Himalayas, as officials confirmed that at least 27 people had died in an exceptionally…

United States, (AFP) -- Spain was elected to the UN Security Council on Thursday, roundly defeating Turkey for the seat during a vote at the UN General Assembly. Spain joins Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand and Venezuela as the newest members…

(CNN) -- The second Dallas health care worker with Ebola was on a flight from Cleveland to Dallas on Monday -- the day before she reported symptoms, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Because of the proximity in…

(CNN) -- It's a plot twist that even a thriller writer might have struggled to come up with during Serbia's European qualifying clash with Albania in Belgrade. A drone flying a flag depicting the "Greater Albania" over a major…

Hong Kong (CNN) -- Hong Kong authorities have vowed to conduct an impartial investigation into a video which appears to show several plainclothes police officers beating up a detained pro-democracy demonstrator. The widely circulated video…

New York, USA -- As calls for the United Nations to admit liability and compensate the victims of the Haitian cholera epidemic continue, attorneys for the victims in a proposed class action lawsuit filed in Brooklyn, New York, announced on…

Pretoria, South Africa (AP) -- Oscar Pistorius offered $34,000 to the family of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after he killed her, but they rejected it because they did not want "blood money," a prosecutor said Tuesday at the sentencing…

Miami, USA -- A hurricane watch was issued for Puerto Rico, Vieques and Culebra, and the British and US Virgin Islands as Tropical Storm Gonzalo moved through the Leeward Islands on Monday, with rain bands already affecting Guadeloupe,…

Niigata, Japan -- Assistant Reggae Boyz coach Miquel Coley has been hospitalised here. It was not clear the extent of his illness, but individuals close to the team told the Jamaica Observer that the Jamaica College (JC) coach had…

London (AFP) -- The American actress Angelina Jolie was made an honorary dame for her work combatting sexual violence by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at London's Buckingham Palace on Friday. The star of such Hollywood films as "Tomb…

Madrid (CNN) -- A nurse's assistant in Spain -- the first person to contract Ebola outside Africa -- has taken a turn for the worse. Dr. Yolanda Fuentes, who works at Madrid's Carlos III hospital, said Thursday that Teresa Romero Ramos'…

Washington, USA -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined global partners, including the head of the World Bank, at a high-level conference in Washington, DC, to combat water borne diseases like cholera in Haiti and, raise…

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal magistrate judge will decide if a 19-year-old US citizen from suburban Chicago accused of trying to travel to Syria to join Islamic State militants should stay behind bars pending trial. Mohammed Hamzah Khan's…

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - An internal police investigation was underway in St. Louis, Missouri Thursday after a white officer shot and killed an African-American teen not far from where a similar shooting in August led to weeks of…

Washington (AFP) -- A Liberian man who was diagnosed with Ebola in Texas has died, a hospital spokesman said Wednesday. "It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we must inform you of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan…