French President Francois Hollande called on the United States and Russia on Monday to join a global coalition to destroy Islamic State following the attacks across Paris, and announced a wave of measures to combat terrorism in France.
A volunteer firefighter from Mississippi whose face was burned off during a home fire rescue received the world's most extensive face transplant, New York University Langone Medical Center said on Monday.
Nearly half of the 50 US states moved on Monday to shut the door on Syrian refugees as Republican lawmakers urged a halt to the resettlement program, citing security fears following the Paris attacks.
Six people were killed over the weekend at an east Texas campsite, and a suspect has been taken into custody for suspected murder, police said on Monday.
When a 2-year-old returned sick from a visit to India, US doctors suspected tuberculosis even though standard tests said this was not so.
For more than a century, visitors have marveled at the Hermitage Museum's precious collections, and for just as long, dozens of cats have prowled the St. Petersburg palace's sprawling cellars.
Since it awoke in August from a 138-year slumber, Ecuador's Cotopaxi volcano has become one of the most-watched in the world, holding wary locals and fascinated scientists in thrall.
A goods and services tax will be charged on overseas purchases such as music and e-books from October next year, New Zealand's revenue minister said on Monday.
More than 1,000 Cuban migrants heading north to the United States tried to cross the border from Costa Rica into Nicaragua, causing tensions to soar between the neighbors as security forces sought to turn them back.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon will visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea this week for a likely meeting with the nation's leader, Kim Jong-un, the Republic of Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Monday.
US President Barack Obama arrives in the Philippines on Tuesday with his much-vaunted "pivot to Asia" again overshadowed by events in Europe, the Middle East and politics at home.
Iraqi intelligence officials warned members of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group of imminent assaults by the militants one day before last week's attacks in Paris killed at least 129 people.
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