Africa has about 5 percent of global air traffic but 20 percent of accidents and deaths in 2014. Siddi Kone…
Two teams of cricket players will compete in three large American cities in November. They hope Americans will learn more…
Imagine this. You are visiting a beautiful mountain somewhere in the countryside. Part of the trip takes you up a…
Only a small number of the 100,000 chemicals sold worldwide have been safety tested. An international conference on chemicals has…
The Associated Press news agency says at least 1,400 people were killed in a stampede during this year's hajj pilgrimage. That is much…
Taiko drummers beat their drums. Local restaurants served delicious sushi -- a type of food made with uncooked fish, rice and vegetables.…
As the conflict in Syria continues, rights groups are documenting the human cost of cheap explosives. The Syrian Network for Human Rights…
Four Russian cruise missiles fired from a Russian ship crashed in Iran. The cruise missiles were intended to reach Syria. Russia launched…
FIFA president Sepp Blatter was suspended Thursday for 90 days by an ethics committee. The suspension comes less than two weeks after…
It took 10 years for a popular Japanese rock band to release a music album in both English and Japanese.…
California Congressman Kevin McCarthy has dropped out of the race for one of the most powerful positions in the United…
Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel Prize committee in Stockholm, Sweden, called her…
The Nobel Prize committee in Stockholm, Sweden has awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry. "The Royal Swedish Academy of…
Federal investigators have called off the search for a large cargo ship that may now lie at the bottom of…
A young Ukrainian artist has created a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin with bullet casings. The exhibit, called the…