The world's first hydrogen powered, emission-free train is set to go into service in Germany in 2017 -- a ground-breaking innovation that could signal the phasing out of heavily polluting, diesel-powered trains.
Missing plane Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was plunging toward the sea with no one in control when it made its last satellite communication, new analysis reveals.
Massive, colorful, kites soar across the skies in Sumpango and Santiago -- both in the region of Sacatepequez, Guatemala -- as hundreds of people roam to cemeteries to honor their dead.
French authorities finished moving the last of the 1,616 unaccompanied minors housed at the country's "Jungle" migrant camp Wednesday, as British officials prepared to assess them for settlement in the UK.
Authorities have sealed off Amnesty International's office in Moscow, the human rights group said Wednesday, adding it did not know why Russian officials would take such a step.
A watchdog's report into corruption allegations against South African President Jacob Zuma must be published on Wednesday, a court in Pretoria ruled, as demonstrators calling for Zuma to quit gathered in the streets of the capital.
On Tuesday afternoon, the wind whipped up around Mosul as Iraqi troops closed in on the city's outskirts. Amid gusts of 25 miles per hour, a cloud of fine sand and dust shrouded the horizon, halting most army operations -- and handing a tactical advantage to ISIS.
Women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence were raped by government officials at camps in northern Nigeria where they sought safety, according to a new rights group report.
At least eight people were killed and dozens were wounded in a series of explosions Monday at a ship breaking yard in southwest Pakistan, officials said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has unilaterally declared a 10-hour "humanitarian pause" for Aleppo on Friday, a senior Russian official said Wednesday.
Iraqi forces on the doorstep of ISIS-held Mosul were struggling Tuesday to make a final push to enter the city, with snipers, landmines and even road-blocking boulders slowing their progress.