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Eva Frisnes(MOLDE, Norway) — Rescue helicopters were battling severe winds on Saturday to airlift more than 1,300 people off a Norwegian cruise ship that issued a distressed call after an engine failure. Of the 1,300 […]

iStock/MariaUspenskaya(ROME) — Italy’s production of olive oil fell to a 25-year low of 185,000 tons last year — a more than 57 percent drop in quantity from the preceding year. Amid the decline, which experts […]

iStock/Thinkstock(BAGHOUZ, Syria) — Syrian Kurdish forces declared victory over the Islamic State on Saturday, after a years-long fight to reclaim territory that once belonged to the terror group’s self-declared caliphate. “Syrian Democratic Forces declare total […]

iStock/Mauro_Repossini(MONTREAL) — A Catholic priest was stabbed while celebrating Mass in Montreal Friday morning as stunned parishioners looked on, according to officials and video footage. The horrifying incident, which authorities said was not terror-related, unfolded […]

iStock/Diy13(WASHINGTON) — The territorial ISIS caliphate in Syria has now been 100 percent eliminated, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced on Friday. President Donald Trump has, on numerous occasions before now, announced ISIS’ defeat, […]

the_guitar_mann/iStock(NEW YORK) — In the latest blow to the world’s biggest commercial airline manufacturer, a flagship carrier in Indonesia is asking Boeing if it can cancel a nearly $5 billion order of 737 MAX 8 […]

South Korea’s National Police Agency(SEOUL, South Korea) — Police in South Korea are cracking down on the illegal filming and sharing of sex videos amid a widening scandal that uncovered spy cameras in the motel […]

Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images(CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand) — New Zealanders of all religions donned headscarves on Friday in a symbol of unity as a mass funeral was held for dozens of victims of last week’s mosque attacks. […]

Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images(BEIRA, Mozambique) — Thousands of people, some seen clinging to rooftops and tree branches, still await rescue from rising floodwaters in Mozambique, one week after an intense tropical cyclone walloped the southeast African […]

Mark Duffy/UK Parliament(LONDON) — Big Ben, the iconic clock tower in London, is returning to its former glory. The clock’s north face has been restored to its original Prussian blue and gold colors. Sir Charles […]

RnDmS/iStock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Thursday changed decades of U.S. Middle East policy with a tweet, announcing that “After 52 years, it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israeli’s Sovereignty over […]

Igor Ilnitckii/iStock(WELLINGTON, New Zealand) — New Zealand’s prime minister announced that assault rifles, such as the ones used last Friday in the massacre at two mosques in Christchurch, will be banned from the country once […]

Igor Ilnitckii/iStock(CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand) — The prime minister of New Zealand announced that assault rifles, such as the ones used last Friday in the massacre at two mosques in Christchurch, will be banned from the […]

Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images(LONDON) — Mozambique’s president declared three days of national mourning on Wednesday as the southeast African country struggles to recover from a powerful cyclone that has claimed dozens of lives, submerged villages and […]

pawel.gaul/iStock(NEW YORK) — A new report finds that a small number of U.S. airstrikes in Somalia killed 14 civilians and injured eight, despite assurances from the U.S. military that its strikes have caused no civilian […]

the_guitar_mann/iStock(NEW YORK) — The fallout from the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash continues to be felt as the European Union announced Tuesday that they will not allow any Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to fly in their […]

MicroStockHub/iStock(NEW YORK) — Donald Trump Jr. has weighed into the political battle over the United Kingdom’s looming departure from the European Union, writing that Prime Minister Theresa May “should have followed my father’s advice.” In […]

Onfokus/iStock(NEW YORK) — Stargazers will soon be treated to a rare super moon that hasn’t occurred in nearly two decades. The super worm moon will be visible to those located in the Northern Hemisphere on […]

PIPA(NEW YORK) — Armando is not your ordinary pigeon. He’s been called the Lewis Hamilton of pigeon racing. He’s mean, lean and one of pigeon racing’s top stars. Joel Verschoot, who raised and trained Armando […]

PytyCzech/iStock(LONDON) — London’s mysterious “Jack the Ripper” serial killer, who was active over 100 years ago, might finally be identified through mitochondrial DNA left behind at the scene of one of the crimes, according to […]