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Mother of Australian surfers killed in Mexico gives moving tribute to sons at a beach in San Diego

“Our hearts are broken and the world has become a darker place for us,” Debra Robinson said, fighting back tears.

Kim Jong Un demolishes his North Korean winter palace in 'unusual' move: report

The aerial photos of the Ryokpo Palace complex south of the capital city Pyongyang show a dirt lot where a blue-roofed mansion once stood.

Estranged husband of missing Florida woman kidnapped her in cross-continent plot: FBI

David Knezevich, the estranged husband of Ana Knezevich, is accused of kidnapping her in an intricate plot spanning 1,600 miles across Europe, officials say.

US tutor jailed in Russia for drinking and getting naked in public: Moscow court

An American tutor was slapped with a 10-day prison sentence in Russia on charges of "petty hooliganism" -- including allegations that he got drunk and naked in public, according to...

US soldier arrested in Russia told local girlfriend he supported Trump, repeated Kremlin line on 'aggressive' NATO, videos show

WASHINGTON – An American soldier jailed in Russia last week empathized with Russia's view of the war in Ukraine and repeated Moscow's talking points decrying NATO in videos posted to...

'Feminist fanatics' vandalize famous 19th-century nude paintings with 'Me Too' scrawling

Metz mayor François Grosdidier called it "a criminal act against a major work of our heritage" by "feminist fanatics."

'Free Palastine'? Ottawa protesters mocked over misspelled graffiti featured in Macklemore's anti-Israel music video

Protesters at the University of Ottawa are being ridiculed online after graffiti on campus misspelling Palestine was featured in the new anti-Israel song by rapper Macklemore.

How a slain beauty queen's distinctive lunch order may have tipped off killers to her whereabouts

The Ecuadorian beauty queen gunned down in a shocking video was likely tracked by her assassins to the restaurant where she was killed after sharing an Instagram post of a...

Vlad news: Ukraine foils Russian plot to assassinate Zelensky in explosion

The plot was supposedly set to go down ahead of Vladimir Putin's fifth inauguration on Tuesday.

Drake's property taped off by police after his security guard was wounded in shooting in ritzy community

A security guard employed by the Canadian rapper Drake was seriously wounded in a shooting near the musician’s Toronto mansion early Tuesday. The entrance to the sprawling $100 million property...

Putin begins his fifth term as president -- and is more in control of Russia than ever

Vladimir Putin began his fifth term Tuesday as Russian leader at a glittering Kremlin inauguration, setting out on another six years in office after launching a devastating war in Ukraine.

American tourist detained in Russia for allegedly smashing his way into children's library to fall asleep while drunk: report

"He got drunk, had a fight with his friends in a bar. ... Then he broke the window at a children's library, climbed inside and fell asleep," a source told...

IDF soldiers plant Israeli flags in Rafah as ground assault intensifies

The foray came after hours of whiplash in the Israel-Hamas war, with the militant group on Monday saying it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari mediated cease-fire proposal. Israel, however, insisted the deal...

US surfer killed in Mexico was set to marry in 3 months

Jack Carter Rhoad, 30, was just months away from tying the knot when he and his two pals disappeared from the province of Baja California.

At least 10 casualties in knife attack at hospital in China, suspect arrested

Chinese state media are reporting a knife attack with possible deaths at a hospital in the country’s southwest.

Ukrainian weightlifter who competed in 2016 Olympics killed in war against Russia

A two-time European weightlifting champ who competed in the 2016 Olympics for Ukraine was killed in action during his country’s war with Russia, the Ukrainian Olympic Committee announced Monday. Oleksandr...

Hamas changed cease-fire deal to let them include bodies of dead hostages in prisoner swap: report

While the original deal called for 33 living hostages, Hamas changed the wording to include 33 hostages "alive or bodies," officials reportedly said.

Reason Venus is so dry 'finally discovered'

The reason Venus is so dry has been discovered by scientists. 

Israeli offensive in Rafah targets Egypt border crossing after Hamas tried to change terms of cease-fire

Hamas altered the language in the cease-fire so that they could to count the bodies of dead hostages among the 33 Israelis they had agreed to turn over

Heartbroken girlfriend of Aussie surfer murdered in Mexico breaks her silence

The devastated girlfriend of one of the Australian surfer brothers killed in a botched robbery in Mexico last month said her heart has "shattered into a million pieces" in her...