A photo taken on August 8, 2015 shows bullet holes in the walls of the Hotel Byblos in the central Malian town of Sevare, after gunmen stormed the hotel on August 7. At least 12 people including four foreign UN contractors died in a hostage siege at the hotel in central Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(TAIPEI, Taiwan) — Tapei was battered by a massive typhoon Saturday. Blowing in overnight, Typhoon Soudelor hit the Taiwanese capital on Saturday with winds up to 100 miles per hour and lots of rain knocking out power for nearly 2 million people at Read More
Sean Gallup/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russian authorities are taking on Ukraine and…cheese? In retaliation for the sanctions imposed on Russia for its military involvement in Ukraine, the country has banned many European foods. On Thursday, President Vladimir Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(OTTAWA, Canada) — Angry cabbies are running sting operations on Uber drivers in Ottawa. A group of Ottawa taxi drivers recently took rides with Uber drivers while recording the journeys on video. The group says they were trying to collect evidence Read More
goralikus/iStock/Thinkstock(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — North Korea is creating a new time zone to mark its freedom from Japan following World War II, state media said Friday. BBC News reports that North Korea is currently in the same time zone as South Korea and Read More
Afghan Police inspect the scene of a bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, 07 August 2015. Powerful truck bomb killed at least eight people and wounded more than 100 others, all of the victims were civilians, including women and children, Police Chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi Read More
KGrif/iStock/Thinkstock(BAGHDAD) — Through almost one year of U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, U.S. Central Command has tallied nearly 6,000 U.S. and coalition airstrikes against ISIS forces. Saturday marks one year since the first airstrikes in Iraq, while Read More
Arnaldo Margotti, Jr/iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously approved a probe into the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The 15-member body requested the establishment of a joint investigation into who is Read More
Norman Chan/iStock/ThinkStock(NEW YORK) — What’s next for Typhoon Soudelor? The powerful storm, which first hit the U.S. island of Saipan earlier this week, will continue on its path through the Pacific this weekend. Here’s what you need to know: Where Read More
MarkRubens/iStock/ThinkStock(NEW YORK) — Two hotels have been attacked in the town of Sevare in Mali by gunmen on motorbikes, according to the BBC. It is unclear if there are any casualties and residents are sheltering in their homes. The BBC reports that UN Read More
