Internet mogul wants to air legal fight on You Tube

Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom wants to live stream his legal battle against the United States on YouTube.

In rare shooting, 1 killed, 3 wounded

A gunman who shot dead a construction worker and wounded three others at their office in Japan was on the run on Monday, in a country where firearms violence is extremely rare.

Abducted Australian aid worker is freed

Afghan special forces have rescued a kidnapped Australian aid worker, officials said on Monday, four months after she was taken at gunpoint in the country's volatile east.

Cease-fire takes effect, ending 52 years of war

Colombia on Monday began its first day of peace with the country's largest insurgency after a cease-fire between the FARC and the government went into effect, ending 52 years of warfare.

Italian probe focuses on poor construction

Italian authorities are vowing to investigate whether negligence or fraud in adhering to building codes played a role in the high death toll in last week's earthquake in Italy.

Rousseff takes stand in impeachment trial

Suspended President Dilma Rousseff was scheduled to make a last stand in Brazil's Senate on Monday in an impeachment trial that is widely expected to remove her from office and end more than a decade of rule by her Workers Party.

IS bombing against Yemeni recruits kills 65

A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 65 people on Monday at an army recruitment center in Aden, in the latest jihadist attack to hit the Yemeni city.

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Muslim extremists stage mass jailbreak

Muslim extremists who support the Islamic State group staged a daring jailbreak in the southern Philippines, freeing 23 detainees in the latest in a series of mass escapes, officials said on Sunday.

Volunteers give kiss of life as Vientiane road tolls mount

"Look at me, stay with us," the paramedics shout as a barely conscious motorcyclist is bundled into a volunteer ambulance in the Laotian capital Vientiane, where rampant drink driving brings nightly carnage to the roads.

Countdown starts to possible third election in a year as economy faulters

The clock starts ticking on Wednesday toward what could be Spain's third national election in a year when acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces a confidence vote in parliament for a second term in office.

Japanese jet aborts test flight twice after takeoff

Japan's new passenger jet on Sunday aborted a test flight to the United States for the second time in two days because of an air conditioning defect, its maker said.