A gunman killed three people on Thursday at a manufacturing plant in central Kansas where he worked, and wounded 14 others in a shooting spree spanning several miles that ended when a lone officer killed the suspect, authorities said.
The monthslong natural gas leak that forced thousands of Los Angeles residents from their homes ranks as the largest known accidental methane release in US history, equal to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of nearly 600,000 cars, scientists reported on Thursday.
A Japanese utility said it restarted a nuclear reactor on Friday, the fourth to be reactivated following a nationwide shutdown after the March 2011 tsunami disaster.
Expeditioners stranded on Australian flagship icebreaker, which ran aground in Antarctica, were rescued on Friday by a barge, ahead of attempts to refloat the ship.
Iranians were voting on Friday in parliamentary elections, the country's first since its landmark nuclear deal with world powers last summer.
Syrian refugee Ahmad Ryad Hamada arrived in Brazil just six months ago, but his food stand has already taken Rio by storm and he is now gearing up for the Olympics.
Cats who are tired of the rat race in fast-paced Singapore have a new high-end leisure option - a top-of-the-range hotel complete with designer beds, Roberto Cavalli wallpaper and Swarovski crystal-studded dining ware.
It was nearly 2 am when Amjad Sallaj heard a loud explosion outside his home. In a matter of seconds, Israeli troops burst into the building, ransacking apartments in a door-to-door search for wanted Palestinian militants.
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was released from prison early on Thursday after serving about four years of a five-year sentence for possessing weapons supplied by gangsters behind deadly bomb blasts in Mumbai in 1993.
Fijians in remote places were being urged on Thursday to immediately bury loved ones who died in a powerful cyclone rather than waiting for autopsies, as tens of thousands remained homeless and living in evacuation shelters, officials said on Thursday.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino urged voters on Thursday to stamp out the stunning political resurgence of Ferdinand Marcos' family, as the nation marked 30 years since a "People Power" uprising toppled the late dictator.
Australia on Thursday warned that terrorists might be in the "advanced stages of preparing attacks" in Indonesia and advised travelers to take precautions, just days after a similar warning about neighboring Malaysia.
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