Eric McCandless/CBS(NEW YORK) — Beyoncé’s reach is global, and she’s now using her influence to highlight Haiti, the Caribbean nation that continues to suffer since it was devastated by an earthquake five years ago. Last month Beyoncé Read More
Jemal Countess/Getty Images(JOHANNESBURG) — The parents of Reeva Steenkamp believe their daughter’s convicted killer, Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius, should remain behind bars. The South African athlete is set to be released from prison on Aug. 21 for good Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — In the last two days, almost 6,000 people have been rescued from boats on the Mediterranean Sea, according to the Italian Coast Guard. Recently a rescue boat launched from the MOAS Phoenix, a U.S.-operated independent rescue ship, to Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NASSAU, Bahamas) — Five people who were aboard a downed aircraft were found safe, floating on a life raft off of the Bahamas, U.S. Coast Guard crews confirmed. The life raft was found at about 10:20 p.m. Monday, about nine miles southeast of Read More
NASA/JPL-Caltech(KAUAI, Hawaii) — A flying saucer could one day help a manned mission to Mars make a smooth landing on the surface of the red planet. NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, which resembles a flying saucer, lifted off from Kauai, Hawaii Read More
homydesign/iStock/Thinkstock(BEIJING) — A new weapon is starting to be rolled out in Chinese schools to combat cheating on high-stakes college entrance exams. At two testing centers in central China, a new contraption flying overhead is being employed to scan for Read More
Christian Müller/iStock/Thinkstock(BRUSSELS) — Belgian police arrested 16 people on Monday in twin terrorism-related investigations, the federal prosecutor’s office confirmed to ABC News in a statement. The two groups, Chechen extremists and Salafists, Read More
Medioimages/Photodisc/iStock/Thinkstock(JERUSALEM) — It pays to make peace, according to a new economic study on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict released by the RAND Corporation on Monday. The California nonprofit think tank concluded that implementing a two-state Read More
artisteer/iStock/Thinkstock(KARST, Germany) — A German gardener is a new Guinness World Record holder after growing a 30-foot, 1-inch tall sunflower. Hans-Peter Schiffer, of Karst, Germany, broke his own three previous world’s tallest sunflower records with Read More
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — A South Korean robot smashed through a series of disaster relief tasks faster than competitors, winning its team a $2 million prize at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Read More
