Mexico town fears festival shooting is sign of impending drug cartel war

While authorities investigate what set off a deadly shooting at an electronic music festival event, residents said it came amid a growing and increasingly open drug scene in this resort town that has long been spared the violence of Mexico's cartel wars.

Nightclub massacre suspect captured in Istanbul raid

Turkish police captured the gunman who carried out the deadly New Year's nightclub attack in Istanbul, with officials saying on Tuesday that he's an Uzbekistan national who trained in Afghanistan and confessed to the massacre.

Woman has surgery after kangaroo attack

An Australian woman has had emergency surgery after she was attacked by a kangaroo.

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Dozens killed after cargo plane crashes into village

A Turkish cargo plane crashed on Monday in a village just outside the main airport in Kyrgyzstan, killing 37 people on the ground and in the plane, officials said.

Prosecutors look to arrest Samsung heir

South Korean prosecutors on Monday sought the arrest of the heir to the Samsung empire over a scandal that has seen the country's president impeached, in the latest setback for the conglomerate.

Academics in race to save Cuba documents

A team of academics from the United States is racing to preserve millions of Cuban historical documents before they are lost to the elements and poor storage conditions.

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Ringling Bros circus to close after nearly 150 years

The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus said on Saturday it will cease performances after 146 years in business, owing to what it said were declining tickets sales and high operating costs.

Diplomats meet to urge push for Mideast peace

Fearing a new eruption of violence in the Middle East, more than 70 world diplomats gathered in Paris on Sunday to push for renewed peace talks that would lead to a Palestinian state.

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Island getaway design inspired by the ocean

Wong Chiu Man, a Singaporean architect and founder of the architectural design firm WOW, recalled first arriving on Vommuli, one of the thousand islands that make up the Maldives, by swimming.