Teachers and students have been killed after a student opened fire at a secondary school in Thailand on Friday morning, police said.

Robert Gilman, 32, is being held at a Russian hospital in what his advocate, Eric Lebson of Global Reach, described as a "dissociative stupor."

It is one of the largest gatherings of people in the world. More than 20 million Shia Muslim pilgrims gathered in the Iraqi city of Karbala this week for the annual commemoration of the 7th Century killing of a central figure of their faith.

U.S. agriculture officials have temporarily suspended inspections and certification of new avocado shipments from the Mexican state of Michoacán,

Democratic Republic ​of Congo's ‌confirmed Ebola cases rose ​above ​4,000 for the ⁠first ​time in ​its current outbreak, government data ​showed.

An Australian air crew has flown an American from an Antarctic base to a New Zealand hospital in a rare midwinter rescue

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has warned that an explosives-laden drone discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport represents a “new threat scenario” for Germany, as counterterrorism investigat

European soccer's governing body has retained its threat to boycott FIFA competitions despite FIFA apologizing for its failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup.