Volvo Ocean Race's shipwrecked Team Vestas Wind crew finally made it back to civilization on Wednesday, telling of their amazing escape from a collision with an Indian Ocean reef that grounded their boat.
Tiger Woods was at a loss to explain his latest struggles after an error-strewn return to competitive golf on Thursday at the Isleworth course he knows like the back of his hand.
Vera Lucia de Oliveira looks to the sky, hoping for any sign of rain.
Car bans are common worldwide to ease traffic and air pollution, and there are always exceptions for taxis.
Mpumelelo Masinga takes a deep drag on his cigarette, his hand trembling with apprehension.
Tavon "Bulldog" White, the leader of a violent gang that controlled life inside one of America's most notorious jails, testified that he directed guards motivated by sex and money to smuggle in drugs and cellphones and facilitate attacks on inmates who challenged his authority.
With 3 percent of its population of 27 million considered people with disabilities, Nepal lags behind other countries in ensuring their rights and privileges, a stark reality highlighted by the UN's International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Wednesday when the country's people with disabilities demanded access to new technology to help them enjoy life.
They have made enemies across the globe and endured three months of US-led air-strikes, but Islamic State fighters have surrendered little of their self-declared caliphate to the broad sweep of forces arrayed against them.
A US terrorism watchdog said al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen is threatening to kill a US hostage who was kidnapped more than a year ago if its demands are not met.
Afghanistan's new leaders were hoping to build bridges with the West at a conference in London on Thursday as they struggle to bring peace amid the withdrawal of foreign combat forces after 13 years.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has offered to send leader Kim Jong-un's increasingly influential sister to a private cultural festival in Seoul next year, the organizer of the event in the Republic of Korea said on Thursday.
The New Zealand government rebuffed moves to start a register of foreign homebuyers on Thursday after earlier appearing to soften on the idea in response to Australian moves to record overseas buyers.
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