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n this May 20, 2015 file photo, translated copy of an application to join Osama bin Laden's terrorist network are seen in Washington.

Bin Laden's Son Reportedly Ready To Take Over With Launching Of New Terror Reign

The 28-year-old son of Osama bin Laden is reportedly ready to take over where his father left off, launching a new reign of terror on the world to avenge his father’s death, news.com.au reported Monday. Known as the “Crown Prince of Terror,” Hamza bin Laden is making preparations to take over al-Qaeda, the report said. bin Laden, like his father, the report said, is intelligent

FILE - In this April 10, 2008 file photo, the head of a North Atlantic right whale peers up from the water as another whale passes behind in Cape Cod Bay near Provincetown, Mass. An August 2016 study found that the ability of the endangered whale species to recover is jeopardized by increasing rates of entanglement in fishing gear and a resultant drop in birth rates. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Deaths Of Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Puzzle Canadian Scientists

North American conservationists are scrambling to find out why North Atlantic right whales are dying in unprecedented numbers, with nine deaths in Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence in two months, according to Canadian authorities, Reuters reports. The nine deaths make 2017 the deadliest year for the endangered marine mammal since scientists began tracking their numbers in the

A silver iPhone mobile phone at an Apple store. Taken on June 2017.

Over $500,000 Worth of iPhones Stolen From Moving Truck During Dangerous Heist

Dutch police announced that they arrested five men who were suspected of stealing over €500,000 ($590,000 USD) of iPhones that as part of a dangerous late-night heist from a moving truck akin to a Hollywood movie, according to The Guardian. Police from The Netherlands said they arrested the five men who ranged from 33 to 43 but all from Romania, used a modified moving van to

In this March 7, 2017 file photo, Indian women farmers work in their farm on the eve of International Women's Day on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.

Study Links Suicides Of 60,000 Indian Farmers To Effects Of Climate Change

Climate change may have contributed to the suicides of nearly 60,000 Indian farmers and farm workers over the past three decades, according to new research that examines the toll rising temperatures are already taking on vulnerable societies, The Guardian reports. Illustrating the extreme sensitivity of the Indian agricultural industry to spikes in temperature, the study from

Nicolas Maduro Moros, Foreign Minister of Venezuela, addresses the Security Council, at UN Headquarters in New York.

Venezuelan leader defiant as US imposes sanctions on him

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Nicolas Maduro claimed a popular mandate Monday to dramatically recast Venezuela's political system, dismissing U.S. sanctions imposed on him and condemnations by his domestic opponents and governments around the world. Washington added Maduro to a steadily growing list of high-ranking Venezuelan officials targeted by financial

SIGONELLA, Sicily (May 25, 2017) President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella as part of the President's first visit abroad

Trump Personally Dictated Misleading Statement on Donald Trump Jr. Meeting With Russian Lawyer

While flying home from Germany after the G-20 summit on Air Force One, President Donald Trump gave a dictated statement that said Donald Trump Jr. had met with a Russian lawyer to and “primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children," according to the Washington Post. This claim for the June 2016 meeting was issued to the New York Times as it prepared for a

In this Thursday, May 1, 2014, photo, Eli Shukron, an archeologist formerly with Israel's Antiquities Authority, walks in the City of David archaeological site near Jerusalem's Old City. Shukron, who excavated at the site for nearly two decades, says he has found the legendary citadel captured by King David in his conquest of Jerusalem

New Evidence Backs Up Biblical Account of Burning Of Jerusalem By Babylonians

Archaeologists excavating the City of David in Jerusalem have discovered evidence that a passage of the Bible is historically accurate, IFL Science reports. Researchers at the site in the Jerusalem Walls National Park found many burnt artifacts dating from 2,600 years ago, confirming a reference in the Bible that describes the burning of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. Jerusalem

Trump's Opioid Commission Calls For State of Emergency Over Opioid Epidemic

A government opioid commission that is chaired by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said that their findings call for President Donald Trump to declare a state of emergency to deal with the highly fatal opioid epidemic, which now kills more than 100 Americans daily, according to The Atlantic. Several states have already declared states of emergencies over the rampant addition

Jodie Foster, Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Amal Clooney at the world premiere of Money Monster, 2016 Cannes Film Festival

Clooneys Will Help Thousands of Syrian Refugee Children Attend School in Lebanon

George and Amal Clooney announced on Monday that their foundation would help more than 3,000 Syrian refugee children in receiving an education after fleeing the civil war in Syria in neighboring Lebanon, according to Reuters. The Clooney Foundation for Justice teamed up with Google and HP Inc to help the U.N. children's agency UNICEF and the Lebanese Ministry of Education begin

File - In this Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 photo, Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrives at parliament in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's attorney general on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, pressed criminal charges against former Prime Minister Yingluck for negligence

Thailand's Former Prime Minister Yingluck Delivers Closing Remarks in Criminal Case

Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra spoke to supporters as she arrived for court on Tuesday to deliver closing remarks in a criminal case against her which alleges negligence in her handling of a multi-billion dollar rice-buying scheme on Tuesday, according to Reuters. More than 1,000 supporters met Yingluck outside the court in Bangkok where she called for

President Donald Trump bestows the nation's highest military honor, the Medal of Honor to retired Army medic James McCloughan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 31, 2017.

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US Medic Awarded Medal of Honor for Vietnam War Heroism

Washington: A 71-year-old former Army medic from Michigan who saved

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a meeting with a South American delegation of foreign ministers at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. The foreign ministers representing the Union of South American Nations or UNASUR arrived Tuesday aimimg to ease political tensions and facilitate dialogue between Venezuela's government and opponents that are urging Maduro's resignation.

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Maduro Says He Will Radically Overhaul Venezuela's System

President Nicolas Maduro brushed off new U.S. sanctions and condemnation at home and abroad of the newly chosen constitutional assembly, saying the vote has given him a popular mandate to radically overall Venezuela's political system. ...

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May looks out of 10 Downing Street as she wait for the arrival the Prime Minister of New Zealand Bill English at 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017.

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Free EU movement to end in 2019, says Downing Street

Free movement from the European Union will end in March 2019, Downing Street insisted as Theresa May sought to contain a Cabinet row over Brexit. Tory Brexit tensions have heightened after Chancellor Philip Hammond and Home Secretary Amber Rudd backed transitional arrangements after the UK leaves the bloc, which suggested EU migration could continue with a registration scheme.

Top Let commander Abu Dujana believed to be killed in encounter

Top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander Abu Dujana. Image courtesy: Twitter Top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander

Police Probe ‘Blue Whale Game’ Angle in Mumbai Teen’s Suicide

A 14-year-old boy in Mumbai has allegedly ended his life by jumping off a building and police are probing if the incident is linked to the infamous 'Blue Whale' suicide challenge, as his friends were discussing the online game. The Class 9 student jumped off the fifth floor of the building in Sher-e-Punjab area of suburban Andheri at around 5 pm on

President of China, Xi Jinping arrives in London during China state visit, UK

China confident about defeating all invasions: President Xi Jinping

"The Chinese people love peace. We will never seek aggression or expansion, but we have the confidence to defeat all invasions," Xi, 64, said. President Xi Jinping today said China will never compromise on its sovereignty and security and its Army has the confidence to defeat "all invasions". "We will never allow any

In this Oct. 17, 2015 photo, the South Korean Navy' 1,800 ton submarine Ahn Jung Geun is seen during a media day for a naval fleet review off South Korea's southeastern coast near Busan, South Korea. South Korea on Monday, Aug. 29, 2016

The U.S. Military Has Detected ‘Highly Unusual’ North Korean Submarine Activity

North Korea has been engaged in “highly unusual and unprecedented levels” of submarine activity in the wake of its second intercontinental ballistic missile launch this month, according to analysis by the U.S. military. Speaking with CNN, an unnamed U.S.

Japan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement it filed the protest after Japan's coast guard spotted the vessels Saturday along with a fleet of 230 Chinese fishing boats swarming around the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands.

Japan lodges protest against China's activity in disputed sea gas field

Japan has lodged a protest with China over its apparent deployment of drilling rigs near the median line separating the two countries’ economic zones in the East China Sea, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday. “It is extremely regrettable that China is proceeding with unilateral development in the area, while the boundary between Japan and China in the East

FILE - In this July 28, 2017, file photo distributed by the North Korean government on Saturday, July 29, 2017, shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korea after decades of effort has a missile potentially capable of reaching the continental United States

Analysts doubt North Korea's ICBM re-entry capability

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) " North Korea after decades of effort has a missile potentially capable of reaching the continental United States, but analysts say Pyongyang has yet to show the ICBM can inflict serious damage once it gets there.U.S. and South Korean experts on Tuesday said Japanese video footage capturing the Hwasong-14's re-entry vehicle shortly before it crashed into

Two Venezuelan opposition leaders removed from their homes

Caracas — Venezuela opposition leaders Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma have been taken from their homes, where they were serving house arrest, family members of the two said via Twitter on Tuesday. The wife of Lopez and the daughter of Ledezma said they were holding President Nicolas Maduro responsible for the fate of the two men. Maduro entrenched his power at the

Usain Bolt warns fellow athletes: stop doping or the sport will die

Jordan Repeals Law Allowing Rapists To Avoid Punishment By Marrying Victims

No Progress Made As Debt Ceiling Talk Breaks Up Between White House and Senate