MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images(CAIRO) — An explosion at the Italian consulate in Cairo killed at least one person on Saturday. It was not immediately clear whether any staff members were injured in the attack. BBC News reports that the building suffered severe Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(HONG KONG) — A typhoon made landfall in east China on Saturday. Typhoon Chan-Hom, a Category 2 storm, brought strong winds and heavy rainfall along the coast of eastern China leading to a mass evacuation of over one million residents. According Read More
claudiodivizia/iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — U.S. diplomatic posts overseas don’t meet recommended security standards, a report released by the Government Accountability Office on Friday. The Department of State conducts numerous activities to assess Read More
Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images(SUCRE, Bolivia) — Pope Francis visited the Palmasola prison in Bolivia on Friday, home to one-third of all of the country’s prisoners. The pope is on a three-country trip through South America on which he stated his hope was to Read More
MarkRubens/iStock/ThinkStock(MOGADISHU, Somalia) — Two hotels in Somalia’s capital city, Mogadishu, were attacked Friday, according to the BBC. The attacks happened at two well-known hotels in the city: the Wehliya and Siyaad. Four people were killed in the Read More
Credit: Andrew Beardmore (Univ. of Leicester) and NASA/Swift(NEW YORK) — An eruption from a distant black hole has allowed NASA’s Swift Satellite to view a light show of concentric circles the space agency said are among “the best dust-scattered X-ray Read More
Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images(LONDON) — Singer Rita Ora has been named an honorary ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo. Kosovo’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom Lirim Greicevci tweeted, “Great honour to host @RitaOra, @PresidentKosovo, Tony & Read More
File photo. (iStock/Thinkstock)(ANSBACH, Germany) — German police have arrested a man they believe shot and killed two people near the town of Ansbach on Friday morning. Officials said the suspect, who was identified only as an 18-year-old German man, shot the Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(JAKARTA, Indonesia) — Hundreds of travelers are stranded in Indonesia as volcanic ash continues to spew into the air following the eruption of Mount Raung. According to the BBC, five airports in the country — Ngurah Rai International Airport, Read More
Instagram user ashtonlawrence posted this photo of smoke coming from the CN Tower in Toronto on July 9, 2015. Fire officials said it was part of a pyrotechnics display ahead of the Pan Am Games. (ashtonlawrence/Instagram)(TORONTO) — A scare erupted Thursday evening Read More
