iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — An American F-16 fighter jet flying over Afghanistan last Tuesday was forced to land at its base after being shot, according to Pentagon officials. The shots fired from the ground damaged the F-16 jet and forced the pilot to release Read More
Chris Jackson/Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince William has gone to the people, the Chinese people that is. The Duke of Cambridge has recorded a speech on the illegal ivory trade that will air on Chinese State TV Channel CCTV1. The TV appearance, which is expected to Read More
NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MSSS(WASHINGTON) — Another day, another discovery on Mars — although this one is up for debate. NASA has spotted rock formations on the Red Planet resembling everything from faces, animals and even a floating spoon. Go ahead and add an area Read More
Getty Images(CIGOLA, Italy) — A cash-strapped church in Italy puts its fate in the hands of Lady Luck. A priest at one desperate parish in Italy’s north has asked parishioners to put scratch-and-win lottery cards instead of money into the offering Read More
AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images(JERUSALEM) — New reports of violence in Israel as Israeli and Palestinian tensions continue to rise. On Sunday, a Palestinian opened fire in a southern Israel bus station in Beersheba, according to police, armed with a gun and a Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(BEIRUT) — A senior al-Qaeda leader has been killed in a coalition airstrike in northern Syria. The Pentagon announced on Sunday that Sanafi al-Nasr, who is said to have been a top leader of the al-Qaeda branch the Khorasan Group, was killed earlier Read More
PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images(COLOGNE, Germany) — The leading candidate for mayor of Cologne in Germany has won the election a day after she was stabbed. Henriette Reker remains in stable condition after she was stabbed in the neck in a knife attack during a Read More
Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Sunday was “Adoption Day” for the Iran nuclear deal. The controversial deal made it through a 60-day window for U.S. lawmakers to block the deal, which has now expired, and Sunday marked 90 days since the Read More
Chris So/Toronto Star via Getty Images(TORONTO) — Canada’s prime minister is using a former Toronto mayor and admitted drug abuser to help in the current election. Prime Minister Stephen Harper attended a rally in Toronto on Saturday that was organized by Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(MANILA, Philippines) — A typhoon made landfall in the Philippines on Sunday morning. Typhoon Koppu beared down on the northern end of the Philippines, hitting close to the town of Casiguran. Torrential rain, mudslides, and storm surges are feared Read More
