Nation mourns soccer team crash victims

A downpour drenched thousands of mourners in the Brazilian city of Chapeco on Saturday as they grieved over 50 caskets flown overnight to the stadium of the local Chapecoense soccer team, which was all but wiped out in an air crash on Monday in Colombia.

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Up to 40 feared dead in party blaze

Firefighters say two-story warehouse was a 'death trap' with no sprinklers or smoke detectors

Body parts found after plane search

Indonesian rescuers on Sunday recovered body parts in the sea where a police plane with 13 people aboard is believed to have crashed the previous day.

Crown prince formally becomes new monarch

Thailand's new king on Friday made his first public appearance since ascending the throne the previous day, ending a period of uncertainty since the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Oct 13.

Families prepare to receive the dead

Families are preparing to receive the bodies of the victims of this week's air tragedy in Colombia as experts develop a clearer picture of how things went so terribly wrong with a charter flight that slammed into a mountainside.

Trump nominates retired general to lead Pentagon

US president-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday that he has picked the tough-talking retired general James Mattis to be his defense secretary.

EU report highlights ongoing IS threat

The Islamic State group is likely to carry out new attacks in the European Union in the near future, probably targeting countries that are members of the US-led coalition fighting the extremist organization in Syria and Iraq, EU police agency Europol said in a report published on Friday.

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Race to save anti-Nazi film

One of Austria's most important anti-Nazi films was thought lost for decades, until it was uncovered by chance last year.

Cougar that killed 10 alpacas not to be shot

A California mountain lion placed under a death sentence for killing nearly a dozen alpacas owned by a Malibu woman was granted a reprieve on Thursday when the woman announced she wouldn't act on a state-issued permit giving her the right to kill the animal.

New chapter for world's oldest library

Nestled in a labyrinth of streets in the heart of Morocco's ancient city of Fez, stands the world's oldest working library.