An American was evacuated from Antarctica to a New Zealand hospital last week for medical treatment, officials said Friday.

A student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok on Friday, killing three teachers and three students and wounding 15 others, police said.

It is one of the largest gatherings of people in the world. More than 20 million Shia Muslim pilgrims gathered in the Iraqi city of Karbala this week for the annual commemoration of the 7th Century killing of a central figure of their faith.

Ukrainian long-range drones have hit a warehouse in the Ural Mountains belonging to Russia’s largest online retailer. The site of the attack, reported Friday, is over 2,000 kilometers from

Syria's Health Ministry reports that 14 people were wounded in a minibus explosion in a Damascus suburb. Initially, officials said two people were killed Thursday, but later clarified that

German authorities have launched a counterterrorism investigation following the discovery of the drone amid mounting security concerns.

European soccer's governing body has retained its threat to boycott FIFA competitions despite FIFA apologizing for its failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup.

Robert Gilman, 32, is being held at a Russian hospital in what his advocate, Eric Lebson of Global Reach, described as a "dissociative stupor."