The United States has reportedly said that it is unlikely to launch a rescue operation to evacuate the Iraqis trapped by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants on Mount Sinjar. The Pentagon said in a statement that security forces hads observed that ...

Pope Francis was met by Park Geun-hye, the president of South Korea, and families of the victims of the April sinking of the ferry Sewol after he landed at an air base outside Seoul on Thursday morning. The Pope, who is the first pontiff to visit South Korea ...

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden discussed more details about the National Security Agency's past and plans with Wired, revealing that the United States was (inadvertently) behind a famous take-down of Syria's Internet and is planning on creating a ...

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden discussed more details about the National Security Agency's past and plans with Wired, revealing that the United States was (inadvertently) behind a famous take-down of Syria's Internet and is planning on creating a ...

A November 9, 2009 file photo of actor Robin Williams with his wife Susan Schneider at the premiere of 'Old Dogs' in Los Angeles. Photo: Katy Winn. Los Angeles - The daughter of Robin Williams quit social media on Wednesday, upset by Internet trolls and ...

A white truck with humanitarian aid is driven from Voronezh towards Rostov-on-Don, Russia, early Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Russia on Tuesday dispatched some hundreds of trucks, although only a small proportion were counted in this convoy, covered in ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — An 18-year-old shot and killed near a Ferguson apartment complex Saturday afternoon had no criminal record, according to the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's office. According to police, Brown pushed a Ferguson Police ...

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye (2nd R) greets Pope Francis (L) upon his arrival at an airbase in Seongnam, south of Seoul on Thursday. (AFP). Tweet. mail; img. newvision. Tweet. mail; img. SEOUL - Pope Francis sent an unprecedented goodwill ...

The US has said any evacuation mission on a mountain in northern Iraq besieged by Islamic State extremists is now "less likely" after its assessment that there are "far fewer" members of the Yazidis minority group than previously feared. The Pentagon made ...

Israel and Palestinian factions negotiating in Cairo have agreed to extend a truce for five more days to allow them to reach a lasting agreement to end the fighting in Gaza, the head of the Palestinian delegation said. Azzam Ahmed, a senior Fatah official, told ...

FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: An Al Jazeera television crew, covering demonstrators protesting the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown, scramble for cover as police fire tear gas into their reporting position on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri.

No matter their political leanings, most Brazilians agree on one thing: Eduardo Campos was a man who died far too soon. Last modified: 14 Aug 2014 07:25. Gabriel Elizondo · Follow elizondogabriel. Gabriel Elizondo is an Al Jazeera staff correspondent ...

Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos died when his campaign jet slammed into houses in Santos city in bad weather, killing all seven people on board and setting buildings alight. Campos, a 49-year-old socialist who had been running third in ...

Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos died when his campaign jet slammed into houses in Santos city in bad weather, killing all seven people on board and setting buildings alight. Campos, a 49-year-old socialist who had been running third in ...

Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos died when his campaign jet slammed into houses in Santos city in bad weather, killing all seven people on board and setting buildings alight. Campos, a 49-year-old socialist who had been running third in ...

Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos died when his campaign jet slammed into houses in Santos city in bad weather, killing all seven people on board and setting buildings alight. Campos, a 49-year-old socialist who had been running third in ...

The visit of Pope Francis to South Korea coincides with the 69th anniversary today of the Japanese surrender at the end of the second world war. The eyes of the world will be on the pontiff as he celebrates mass in Daejeon World Cup Stadium on Asian Youth ...

Officials work at the crash site of a small plane that was carrying Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos and several campaign officials, in the port city of Santos, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. All seven people aboard the plane, including a ...

I shed no tears when Princess Diana died in a high-speed car chase, when James Gandolfini suffered a sudden (and fatal) heart attack, or when Whitney Houston drowned in a bathtub. Tragic as these deaths were, I did not know these people personally, and ...

I shed no tears when Princess Diana died in a high-speed car chase, when James Gandolfini suffered a sudden (and fatal) heart attack, or when Whitney Houston drowned in a bathtub. Tragic as these deaths were, I did not know these people personally, and ...