Two people snowshoeing in the mountains of Colorado were killed in an avalanche over the weekend. An avalanche rescue dog was used to locate the bodies.
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"I’m so sorry, but my show ain’t ready,” says Grammy Award-winning superstar Adele in a video posted to Instagram a day before it was due to begin. Adele, who sobbed throughout the video, blamed "delivery delays and Covid" as the reasons for the adjournment of her Las Vegas residency initially due to start on January 21. SOUNDBITEN°9WP2K3
Afghan women have protested against civilian killings and an erosion of their rights under Taliban rule
Locals go through the rubble of collapsed homes after an earthquake in the western Afghanistan province of Badghis killed at least 22 as it struck residential houses, mostly in the district of Qadis - a rural area not easily accessible by road.
Eastern Ukraine has been dogged by fighting since 2014, when Moscow seized control of the Crimean peninsula and Russian-backed separatists launched insurgencies in regions around the eastern cities of Donetsk and Lugansk. Now residents fear what the future holds as troops amass at the border with tensions at a boiling point.
The thought of sharing an ice cream cone with a stranger can trigger feelings of disgust -- however that's often not the case with someone close to us, such as a romantic partner or child.
US President Joe Biden said Thursday that any entry of Russian troops into Ukraine is "an invasion," a day after appearing to suggest a "minor" attack could invite a lesser response from NATO allies.
The "Doomsday Clock," representing the judgment of leading science and security experts about perils to human existence, remains at 100 seconds to midnight this year, with advances like Covid-19 vaccines balanced by rising misinformation and other threats.
China further reduced bank lending costs Thursday in the latest move to boost its stuttering economy, providing some much-needed support to the country's beleaguered developers.
The crowded hospital in Darkush in Syria's rebel-held northwest treats around 30,000 patients every month, for free -- but now foreign aid cuts are threatening its future.
Ex-pope Benedict has "strictly" denied any responsibility after a report said he failed to stop four priests accused of child sex abuse
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas on Thursday at protesters rallying against the killing of dozens in a post-coup crackdown, as US diplomats pressed for an end to the violence.
Washington and Moscow's top diplomats meet Friday in Geneva in a last-ditch bid for a solution over Ukraine, with the United States increasingly fearing that Russia will invade despite warnings of severe reprisals.
As night falls over a dusty neighborhood in Lima, a team of health workers hustle from home to home to vaccinate the old and infirm as a third coronavirus wave sweeps over Peru, the world's hardest-hit country per capita.
A car bomb detonated in Colombia overnight outside government offices and the seat of a human rights body, killing one person and wounded 20 near the Venezuelan border, authorities said Thursday.
A case has been filed over the incident under the country’s Wildlife Protection Act
Dinesh Yadav was convicted for being part of a mob that set fire to the house of a 73-year-old woman
The Taliban promised to bring peace, but fear reigns above all in the eastern city of Jalalabad, hit by Islamic State group attacks and reprisals, and with corpses appearing mysteriously in rivers.
The United States has called for a diplomatic solution with Russia to resolve a crisis over Ukraine, but in public at least, the two powers remain deeply at odds.
19-year-old Zara Rutherford becomes the youngest woman to fly solo around the world in a microlight aircraft. She touches down at an airfield outside the Belgian town of Kortrijk to a crowd of journalists, well-wishers and family.
Three dachshunds lay claim to a big bed, while an agitated mongrel yaps constantly and a miniature schnauzer appears disgruntled despite soothing Bob Marley tunes playing over the stereo.
