A fire incident occurred on Thursday at an automobile battery factory owned by Iran's Defense Ministry, marking the second such incident in less than a week.
A former Belarusian security operative was acquitted of charges related to the disappearances of three political opponents of President Aleksander Lukashenko during the late 1990s
A lone gunman unleashed a deadly spree in the Netherlands, resulting in two fatalities. The shooter, identified as a 32-year-old student from Rotterdam, was in a bulletproof vest.
Six female migrants found themselves trapped inside a refrigerated food truck, and their rescue by French police unfolded as one of the women sent a distress call to a BBC reporter.
Taiwan will test its first-ever domestically built submarine in a harbor before releasing it into the ocean for further testing, officials said Thursday.
An Australian 35-year-old in Wollongong, New South Wales, is ordered to compensate police after he faked his own kidnapping to spend New Year's Eve with a mistress.
Due to high summer heat and low snow volumes, Switzerland, home to the most glaciers of any European country, saw a massive decline in glacial volume in the last two years.
Killings have significantly increased in the past few months in Haiti. Gang activity has also spread from the coastal capital of Port-au-Prince to two other major cities.
A moose wandering the subway tracks of Stockholm, Sweden, was shot dead by a wildlife ranger Wednesday, following failed efforts to catch it or make it leave the enclosure.
A couple of migrants, from Honduras and El Salvador, were found dead Wednesday. They likely died while attempting to enter the U.S. by boarding a moving train in Mexico.
A renowned agricultural scientist, Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, who helped turn India’s northern states of Punjab and Haryana into breadbaskets, has died at 98 years old.
The North Korean Supreme People's Assembly wrote a mission of 'nuclear force-building' into the nation's constitution this week under the guidance of supreme leader Kim Jong Un.
A 32-year-old man has died in Slovakia following reports of gunshots and an explosion. Another four people were also transported to hospitals after sustaining injuries.
The latest round of violence comes after tensions have risen between the two historic foes, jeopardizing Serbia and Kosovo's EU-sponsored talks on normalizing relations.
North Korean officials returned U.S. serviceman Travis King to U.S. custody after detaining the Army private for months following his entry into restricted territory.
A fire has erupted at a Christian wedding hall in a northern Iraqi building that contained plastic and flammable materials. At least a hundred people died in the blaze.
German authorities have raided dozens of residences tied to the Artgemeinschaft, a far-right extremist group known for indoctrinating children with Nazi ideology.