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One crew member was killed and four others injured Tuesday in an accident on the world's biggest cruise ship.

At the start of the first full day of the Syria ceasefire, there's a glimmer of hope that a temporary ceasefire will bring much needed calm to parts of the war-ravaged country.

German authorities say that they have arrested three young Syrian nationals who they claim are members of ISIS.

A judge in Canada is facing removal from the bench for his conduct when he asked a woman in a rape case why she couldn't "just keep [her] knees together."

Zimbabwe has known only one leader since independence. First as prime minister, then president, there has only been Robert Mugabe at the top for the last 36 years.

For the ordinary, unsophisticated observer, the explanation for former British Prime Minister David Cameron's resignation from Parliament is obvious: He was a loser.

George Clooney is warning the world that it is better for international leaders to end the civil war raging in South Sudan now before it gets worse.

A perfect storm of protests, police dissatisfaction and poverty in Zimbabwe is challenging long-time leader Robert Mugabe.

Despite the skepticism that accompanied the announcement of the ceasefire in Syria, it might indeed be, as Secretary John Kerry has said, the last hope for bringing peace to the war-torn country.

The mystery behind the bright red color of a river in Siberia may have been solved.

Syria's military claims it has shot down an Israeli warplane and drone in al-Quneitra in southwest Syria early Tuesday morning, according to a statement by the General Command of the Syrian Armed Forces.

South Korea is "getting ready for the worst case scenario," the country's Defense Ministry said Monday, after North Korea claimed last week to have tested a nuclear warhead. '

Chinese and Russian naval forces began joint exercises in the South China Sea on Monday, adding a new twist to ongoing tensions over Chinese island-building in the region.

The sun set in western Syria on Monday, marking the start of a ceasefire that could halt the devastating carnage in the war-torn country.

A deadline to end the violence looms over Syria, with another ceasefire due to take effect at sundown on Monday. The country has faced an apparent intensification of airstrikes in the last 48 hours, a seemingly deliberate attempt by those on the ground to send a message of strength.

From world leader to the wilderness in just under three months.

Charlie Hebdo may be about to find out after officials of an Italian town said they wanted prosecutors to take action against the French magazine for depicting earthquake victims as pasta dishes, and appearing to blame the mafia for the death toll.

The baby boy was born aboard a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) refugee rescue vessel operating in the Mediterranean on Monday morning.

Austria's upcoming presidential election is in a sticky situation, with the government considering postponing the vote over faulty glue on postal forms.