A strong earthquake jolted northern Chile on Thursday with no reports of casualties so far.
The U.S. Air Force confirmed Thursday that one of its Predator drones crashed near a military base in New Mexico a day earlier during a training exercise.
A five-year-old child was "in critical condition" after falling off a boat at Disneyland Paris in Seine-et-Marne, local medias quoted the police as saying on Wednesday.
U.S. comedian Jimmy Kimmel, who hosts ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show, has apologized for an offensive skit in which a kid suggested they should "kill everyone in China" as a way to solve the U.S. debt problem.
Conrad Murray, the doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death, was released from jail on Monday after serving two years of a four- year term.
A Taliban key commander was killed in an airstrike in western Afghanistan's Nimroz province, sources said Sunday.
One was killed and two were seriously injured after an empty passenger train slipped and collided with another passenger train on the Qinghai-Tibet railway in Qinghai Province on Wednesday night, local authorities said Thursday.
A key gas line that feeds electricity stations south of Syria's capital Damascus was hit Wednesday evening, resulting in a major electricity blackout that engulfed Damascus as well as other provinces.
Thousands of supporters of the opposition in Cambodia on Thursday morning continued their protest against the disputed July's election by marching to the embassies of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France in order to submit petition.
Hong Kong chief executive CY Leung said on Tuesday that the government made no consideration in the course of reviewing free-to-air TV license application.
Hong Kong's first public housing block in Shek Kip Mei has been converted into a youth hostel and is expected to welcome its first group of guests on Friday.
The Arab Group at the United Nations appealed to Saudi Arabia on Saturday to reconsider its unprecedented refusal to sit as an elected member of the United Nations Security Council.
It was an epic moment at the annual Toronto Waterfront Marathon as a pair of Canadian women broke a decades-long record on Sunday.
A five-minute animation featuring stories about Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, has surprised Internet users with its frankness on leaders.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Wednesday it would establish special economic zones open to investment from "any country."
The UN Security Council on Thursday approved a plan proposed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon to eliminate Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons.
The security situation in Libya is controlled, President of the General National Congress Nuri Abusahmain said in a press conference Thursday directly after the release of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, who was held hostage for three hours earlier in the day.
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