5+ hour, 3+ min ago  (244+ words) A government convoy, dynamite explosions, and a minister briefly lost in the chaos " what exactly is happening on Bolivia's highways right now? On Saturday, Bolivia's Public Works Minister Mauricio Zamora was caught in a violent ambush. While leading an operation…...

5+ hour, 14+ min ago  (235+ words) Supporters hurling objects from inside the building. For many Turks watching on Sunday, it looked less like a party dispute " and more like a political showdown spilling into the streets of Ankara. Police stormed the headquarters of Turkey's main opposition…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (227+ words) Can a handbag really be worth more than a luxury apartment'or even a small fortune from crime proceeds? In Vietnam, two Herm's Birkin bags just proved the answer is yes. Confiscated from jailed businesswoman Truong My Lan, the luxury items…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (20+ words) The US Justice Department has charged the 94-year-old Castro over the 1996 shooting down of two civilian planes....

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (229+ words) What looked like the start of an ordinary travel day at Australia's Avalon Airport suddenly turned into a full-blown bomb scare. The culprit? A laser hair removal device and a container for hot chocolate. Yes, really. Police rushed to the…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (233+ words) What happens when two of the world's most powerful leaders meet just days after a high-stakes US-China summit? In Beijing this week, the answer was clear: Russia and China want the world to know their partnership is still rock solid....

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (246+ words) How many times can one person climb the world's highest peak before it starts sounding unreal? In Nepal, the answer just went up again. A legendary Sherpa guide, Kami Rita Sherpa, has summited Mount Everest for the 32nd time " breaking his…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (242+ words) A calm morning off Western Australia's coast turned tragic in seconds. Raising once again the uneasy question swimmers and surfers always ask: how safe are these waters, really? A 38-year-old man has been killed after being attacked by a roughly…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (240+ words) A 90-foot-long dinosaur casually munching treetops in what is now Thailand " sounds like something out of a blockbuster, right? But this is real science reaching back 113 million years. Paleontologists have identified a massive new sauropod species, Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, now believed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (235+ words) Another Ebola outbreak. Another wave of fear. And this time, health officials are deeply worried about how quickly it could spread. Africa's top public health agency has declared an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. After at least…...