The final beam of the world's longest and highest glass bridge was laid on Thursday. While not an activity for the faint of heart, those with a stomach for heights can now walk ...

Senate of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan approved the State Budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan and budgets of the state trust funds, as well as the main directions of tax and budget policy for 2016, according to Central Asia news. ...

The 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council, gathering some 40 Foreign Affairs Ministers and a number of high-level diplomats from across the OSCE region, has kicked off in Belgrade, Serbia ...

San Bernardino police have confirmed that two suspects – a man and woman – died during a gun battle with police officers following a shooting at the Inland Regional Center that left 14 people dead ...

A baby who died 74 minutes after birth has become the UK's youngest organ donor, according to BBC. The parents of Hope Lee had known for months she would have a short lifespan ...

Pakistan hanged four convicted militants on Wednesday who were sentenced to death over a Taliban attack on an army-run school last year that killed more than 150 people, mostly children, officials said. The two officials said the men were executed at a high-security prison in the northwestern city of Kohat ...

Turkish Airlines has firmed a commitment to order 20 additional Airbus A321neo aircraft, to add to 72 it already had on order, according to AirlinesAndDestinations ...

In a surprise announcement today, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have pledged to donate 99 percent of their Facebook ...

Rosneft and BP announce the completion of the transaction to sell a 20 per cent share of Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha LLC to the British company ...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said COP21 Paris Summit must mark a turning point. In his address to COP21 Leaders Summit, the UN chief urged world leaders “to instruct your ...

Six children died in a blaze in southeast Turkey on Tuesday morning in an incident initially blamed on an electric heater, health officials said, according to Anadolu Agency ...

The International Monetary Fund agreed Monday to add the Chinese yuan to its reserve currency basket, according to CNBC. The decision — which marks another step in China's global economic emergence ...

In two parallel referenda held in parallel in Hamburg and Kiel, jointly bidding for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, Hamburg rejected the bid and Kiel overwhelmingly supported the bid, according to New Europe. By a narrow margin (51,7%), Hamburg’s 650,000 citizens that showed up on ...

University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer canceled classes at the University's Hyde Park campus for Monday November 30th after receiving an FBI report that an unknown individual "posted an online threat of gun violence" against the University. ...

The European Union and Turkey may abolish entry visas in the autumn of 2016 if all criteria for that are met, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said on Sunday after an emergency EU-Turkey migration ...

At least six people died in an overcrowded Guatemala prison on Sunday as prisoners, some armed with AK-47 assault rifles, rioted, according to Reuters. Special police forces and the ...

Twenty-two people drowned after the minibus they were travelling in veered off a road in southwest Burkina Faso, the government in Ouagadougou said Friday, says an online report ...

A senior lawyer and a police officer have died after gunfire erupted in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakir on Saturday, according to Anadolu Agency. Security sources have pinned the attack on the terrorist organization PKK ...

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the northern coast of Chile on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, although there were no initial reports of damage, according to Reuters ...