A lone gunman opened fire inside a crowded movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Thursday evening, killing two people and injuring seven others before taking his own life, police said.
Up to 40 African migrants were feared drowned after their inflatable boat sank near the Libyan coast, survivors told the United Nations refugee agency on Thursday after reaching Italy.
A British university disclosed on Wednesday that scientific tests prove a Quran manuscript in its collection is one of the oldest known and may have been written close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad.
Australian children who live at least five years after being diagnosed with cancer are likely to enjoy long-term survival similar to that of children without the disease, new research released on Thursday by the Cancer Council Australia shows.
Top Republicans vowed on Wednesday to do their utmost to scrap US President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran as the biggest pro-Israel lobby geared up for an all-out campaign to pressure wary lawmakers into rejecting the agreement.
When Barack Obama visited Kenya for the first time nearly 30 years ago, he was astonished that an airport worker recognized his last name.
The parents of a 21-year-old who died during a drinking binge with his university tennis club in Japan are suing fellow student members over his death.
Greece's government emerged bloodied but alive early on Thursday from a key vote in Parliament, which overwhelmingly approved new creditor-demanded reforms despite a revolt among hard-liners in the main coalition partner.
At least 21 people celebrating an engagement were killed on the Nile north of Cairo late on Wednesday when a cargo ship hit their chartered boat, medical and security sources said.
For Laibach, a band in Slovenia, a gig in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a dream come true.
E.L. Doctorow, one of the most accomplished novelists in the United States in recent decades, best known for his historical fiction, died on Tuesday at the age of 84, US media reports said.
A Japanese zoo is trying to do the impossible: improve the image of cockroaches. It will put on an exhibition of one of the world's most hated insects.
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