Man Who Used Wife as Heroin Mule Sentenced to Eight Years

31-year-old Waseem Anwar Choudry sentenced to eight years in prison for using his wife to unknowingly smuggle $700,000 worth of heroin into the UK. See Full Story>

Migrants Clash With Border Patrol as Macedonia Builds Fence

Migrants threw stones during clashes with Macedonian border police as the country becomes the latest European nation to build a fence preventing entry to asylum seekers. See Full Story>

Venezuelan Opposition Leader Slain During Public Meeting

Luis Diaz, opposition leader of the Venezuelan Democratic Action party, died after gunned downed at a public meeting in Guarico state days before a legislative election. See Full Story>

Turkish Lawyer Assassinated During Press Conference

Tahir Elciwas, a prominent lawyer in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, shot dead during a press conference as clashes broke out between security forces and the PKK. See Full Story>

Baloch Rebel Leader Allegedly Killed by Gov't Appears in Video

Allah Nazar, a rebel leader from the Baloch Liberation Front in southwestern Pakistan who supposedly died at the hands of government forces, appears in new video. See Full Story>

Florida Man Found Guilty of Killing Wife, Posting Facebook Photo

A Florida jury found 33-year-old Derek Medina guilty of second-degree murder for killing his wife and then posting a photo of her dead body on Facebook. See Full Story>

Suicide Bomber Attacks Bus Transporting Tunisian Presidential Guard

Tunisia declared a 30-day state of emergency and issued curfew after at least 12 people died when a suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying the presidential guard in central Tunis. See Full Story>

Seven Dead in Islamic State Hotel Attack in Egypt

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a hotel in the Egyptian Sinai region which killed seven people, including two judges. See Full Story>

Syrian Turkmen Kill Russian Pilot Shot Down by Turkish Forces

Syrians from the Turkmen ethnic group say they killed a Russian pilot shot down by Turkish forces for violating their sovereign airspace. See Full Story>

Texas Highschool Clockmaker Sues For $15 Million

Attorneys for Ahmed Mohamed, the Irving, Texas student arrested for bringing a homemade clock to class because teachers mistook it for a bomb, sue the city and the school district for $15 million in damages. See Full Story>

Hundreds Dead in Landslide at Myanmar Jade Mine

A landslide at a Jade mine in Kachin state near Hpakant, Myanmar killed more than a hundred and left hundreds still missing. See Full Story>

11-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Varsity Player to Score 1,000 Points

11-year-old Jaden Newman from Downey Christian High School in Orlando, Florida becomes the youngest player to score 1,000 points on a varsity basketball team. See Full Story>

Athens Fans Riot at Soccer Derby

 

Fans rioted after police arrested 50 people outside Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium at a soccer derby between  Panathinaikos and Olympiakos before a Greek Superleague match in Athens. See Full Story>

Israel Shuts Down Second Palestinian Radio Station in Month

Israeli soldiers stormed and shut down a Palestinian radio station in Hebron, the second this month, as part of an "incitement" campaign which resulted from the recent knife attacks on Israelis. See Full Story>

Denver Uber Driver Charged With Sexual Assault

Luis Galeano-Bedon, a 43-year-old Uber driver, charged with two-counts sexual assault for allegedly fondling a drunk passenger in his vehicle and then following her and a friend to their hotel room on Halloween night. See Full Story>

21 Dead in China Coal Mine Fire

Sixteen people escaped after a fire broke out inside a Chinese coal mine in Jixi City, Heilongjiang province, killing 21 miners. See Full Story>

Five Dead in Israel, West Bank Attacks

Five people died, including an American, and seven wounded in two separate shooting and knife attacks in Tel Aviv and an Israeli settlement near Bethlehem. See Full Story>

Paris Attack Coordinator Dead in Raid, Cousin Blows Herself up With Suicide Vest

French authorities say the coordinator of the Paris attacks Abdelhamid Abaaoud died in a police raid along with his cousin Hasna Aitboulahcen, who blew herself up with a suicide vest. See Full Story>

Islamic State Announces Chinese, Norwegian Deaths in Magazine

The Islamic State announced the killing of a Chinese and Norwegian prisoner in its English language magazine Dabiq, after their home nations failed to pay ransoms. See Full Story>

Woman Stabs Two-Month-Old Toddler to Death

Texas police in Houston arrested 28-year-old Rochelle Brown on capital murder charges for the stabbing death of her two-month-old son. See Full Story>

Miss World Canada Denied China Visa

Miss World Canada Anastasia Lin denied entry back into her homeland China due to her support of Falun Gong, a controversial and outlawed spiritual organization. See Full Story>

Bobby Jindal Ends GOP Nomination Bid

Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal becomes the latest candidate to drop out of the presidential campaign, ending his bid for the Republican nomination in 2016. See Full Story>

Rugby Legend Jonah Lomu, Dead at 40

Rugby legend Jonah Lomu, who scored 37 tries in 63 matches between 1994 and 2002 for the All Blacks, dies at the age of 40 due to a rare kidney condition. See Full Story>

19-Year-Old Drops Baby From Window to Hide Pregnancy

19-year-old Chicago teen drops newborn baby from the eighth floor window of her apartment building because she didn't want parents to know about pregnancy. See Full Story>

Nine Arrested in Connection With Twin Beirut Bombings

Authorities in Beirut arrested nine suspects, all from Syria,  in connection with twin suicide bombings which killed more than 40 people. See Full Story>

Mastermind Behind Paris Attacks ID'd, ISIS Releases New Threat Video

French authorities name Abdelhamid Abaaoud as the mastermind who organized and financed the attack that killed more than 100 people in Paris as the Islamic State releases new video threatening further action. See Full Story>

French Manhunt For 8th Suspect in Paris Attacks

French authorities issued a manhunt for Abdeslam Salah, the alleged eighth assailant and brother of two other attackers who supposedly rented an abandoned getaway car filled with AK-47's. See Full Story>

Convenience Store Worker Saves Kidnapped Woman

Manveer Singh, a convenience store clerk in Philadelphia, hailed as hero after he puts himself inbetween a female doctor kidnapped from a parking garage and a carjacker. See Full Story>

Aung San Suu Kyi Wins Myanmar Elections, But Cannot Serve as President

Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party wins the Myanmar elections in a landslide victory, but she cannot serve as president because it prevents those with foreign children to hold the post. See Full Story>

Pentagon Says 'Jihadi John' Killed in Drone Strike

The Pentagon announced with 'reasonable certainty' that Briton Mohammed Emwazi, the Islamic State militant known as 'Jihadi John', died in an a drone strike in Raqqa, Syria. See Full Story>

Over 129 Dead in Paris Terror Attacks, Islamic State Claims Responsibility

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for six attacks in Paris that killed more than 129 people, which included machine gun fire at restaurants, suicide bombings at bars and executions in a popular theater. See Full Story>

Iraqi City of Sinjar Recaptured by Peshmerga, Kurds and US Airstrikes

Peshmerga and Kurdish fighters, with the help of US airstrikes, recaptured the Iraqi city of Sinjar from Islamic State militants, allowing the return of ethnic Yazidis who lived in the region for thousands of years. See Full Story>

Beirut Twin Suicide Bombings Kill Over 40, Injure Hundreds

Two suicide blasts claimed by the Islamic State targeted a Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut, killing more than 40 people and injuring hundreds. See Full Story>

Protesters Hold Funerals of Beheaded Family in Afghanistan

Protesters held funerals for a family of seven kidnapped ethnic Hazaras found killed and beheaded by Islamic State militants in the southern province of Zabul, Afghanistan. See Full Story>

South Korean Students Take Scholastic Exams

Students in South Korea gear up to take the once-in-lifetime College Scholastic Ability Test, as the nation delays flights, stops military drills and diverts traffic for incoming students. See Full Story>

Myanmar President Congratulates Opposition Party Leader on Elections

Myanmar President Thein Sein congratulates opposition party leader Aung San Suu Kyi on early success in the national elections poll as they await final results. See Full Story>

Trump Names New National Spokesperson

 

Tea Party activist and congressional candidate Katrina Pierson joins Donald Trump campaign as his new national spokesperson. See Full Story>

Army Captain Florent Groberg Receives Medal of Honor

Retired army captain Florent Groberg becomes 10th living Afghanistan veteran to receive the Medal of Honor, awarded for saving fellow soldiers from a suicide bomber while suffering critical leg injury. See Full Story>

Drake Caught Dancing at LA Clippers Game

Drake caught dancing while sitting courtside at a Houston Rockets-LA Clippers game while sitting with comedian Kevin Hart. See Full Story>

Jordanian Shooter Kills Five at US Funded Police Training Center

Jordanian Anwar Abu Zaid shot and killed five people, including two Americans and a South African, at a US funded police training camp near Amman. See Full Story>

Brazil Mudslide Kills 13, Dozens Missing

Mudflows from two collapsed mine dams flooded the village of Bento Rodrigues, Brazil killing 13 people and leaving dozens others missing. See Full Story>

China Ends One-Child Policy, Increases to Two

China ends its one-child policy, a law introduced in 1979 to slow the population growth rate, and increased the number of children allowed by families to two. See Full Story>

Florida Teacher Arrested, Fired When Students See Gay Porn on Phone

47-year-old Florida reading teacher Vadi Velez-Gonzalez fired and arrested after his ninth grade students caught him looking at gay pornography on a cell phone during class. See Full Story>

Louisiana Officers Arrested For Shooting, Killing Autistic Boy

Two Louisiana marshals arrested after a shooting incident that left one 6-year-old autistic boy dead and his father critically injured, in what authorities call "the most disturbing" body camera footage ever seen. See Full Story>

Inuit Throat Singers Perform at Trudeau Swearing In Ceremony

Inuit throat singers Tanya Tagaq and Cailyn Degrandpre perform at the swearing in ceremony of Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau. See Full Story>

Stephen Curry's Insane Dribbling Drills

Golden State Warrior point guard Stephen Curry shows off the uber-insane dribbling drills he uses to perfect his handle on the basketball court. See Full Story>

Obama Tribal Nations Conference Tackles Education, Sport Logos

President Obama met with over 500 Native American leaders during the Tribal Nations Conference held in Washington D.C. to discuss education initiatives and the removal of derogatory logos from sports teams. See Full Story>

Israel Releases Palestinian Hunger-Striker Mohammed Allan

The Israeli government released Palestinian Jihadist and former hunger-striker Mohammed Allan from administrative detention after held for a year without trial. See Full Story>

Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Russian Plane Crash

An Islamic State affiliate in Egypt claimed responsibility for downing a Russian passenger plane killing all 224 on board, authorities confirm bomb as the likely cause. See Full Story>

Syrian Rebels Use Caged Prisoners as Shields

Syrian rebels cage government soldiers and those loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's forces and use them as shields from attacks near Damascus. See Full Story>