Islamic extremists from the Al Qaeda-linked terror group Al-Shabaab launched an offensive against the presidential palace in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu on Tuesday, leading to a shootout where five jihadists were killed.
The left-wing late-night TV hosts celebrated a “historic day” on Tuesday as Democrats finalized their articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
Producing items in Venezuela is three times more expensive than manufacturing them, according to a report this week from the Venezuelan Confederation of Industrialists (Confindustria).
Peronist Alberto Fernández assumed power as president in Argentina on Tuesday, a return to power for the socialists after predecessor Mauricio Macri failed to stem an economic decline triggered by a decade of leftist rule.
Actor Michael Douglas warned that America’s political system has been “hijacked” in order to “ensure those with power keep it” in a new video focused on corruption in politics.
Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro delivered his annual Christmas message on Sunday, with wife Cilia Flores declaring a “climate of union, happiness, and peace” despite widespread hunger, disease, and general societal collapse.
An Indonesian school teacher was arrested this weekend on charges of molesting 18 of his school students, having reportedly making them swear to secrecy through the Islamic holy book.
Comedian and TV host Steve Harvey rolled his eyes after reading a question about climate change to one of the contestants at the 2019 Miss Universe Pageant on Sunday.
“Saturday Night Live” stars Alec Baldwin, Jimmy Fallon, Paul Rudd, and James Corden mocked President Donald Trump’s relationship with other world leaders in an opening sketch after the real life leaders were heard gossiping about Trump’s lateness to various bilateral meetings at last week’s NATO summit.
Police arrested a 21-year-old Filipino man Thursday on charges of beheading a woman and eating her brain after she spoke to him in English.
Teen pop singer Billie Eilish says she fears that President Donald Trump will likely be reelected in 2020 because some so many Americans “just love horrible people.”
Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams Says Disney made a bad decision in promoting Lando Calrissian in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story as a pansexual character in a romantic relationship with a droid.
Chinese state media debuted a propaganda film Thursday justifying imprisoning Muslims in concentration camps, describing it as a “rare documentary reveal[ing] counter-terrorism perseverance” across western Xinjiang province.
At least 15 of Venezuela’s 23 states woke up without access to electricity on Wednesday after another power outage occurred in the early hours of the morning.
The United States and Sudan will exchange ambassadors for the first time in 23 years, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday.
Chinese state media promoted a video game on Wednesday where users are tasked with hunting down the “traitors” leading Hong Kong’s ongoing pro-democracy demonstrations.
Venezuelan President Juan Guaidó announced an investigation Tuesday into claims of corruption in his ranks, an unfortunate blow to his image given he has yet to actually wield political power.
A senior government official in the Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed government claimed on Wednesday that smoke emanating from barbeques is more toxic than tear gas used by security forces against the city’s pro-democracy demonstrators.
China’s use of facial recognition technology is an effort to protect people’s human rights, the country’s state media declared on Tuesday.
Far-left filmmaker and activist Michael Moore has called on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to challenge President Donald Trump to a boxing match after Trump described his North American counterpart as “two-faced” over his failure to meet NATO spending targets.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams has hinted that LGBTQ fans will be “represented” in the upcoming installment of the iconic franchise, but stopped short of saying whether the film will feature a gay character.
An angry mob carrying banners and chanting slogans attempted to storm the offices of the Dawn newspaper in Islamabad on Monday after the outlet identified the London Bridge attacker as a “man of Pakistani origin.”
Late Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe left behind $10 million and eight properties in his estate following his death this year – and no will explaining how to divide the spoils among his wife and many children.
The City Council of Harare, Zimbabwe, blew tens of thousands of dollars on iPads for councilors and selected managers, local media noted Tuesday, days after a United Nations report found the nation on the brink of “man-made starvation.”
Legislators in the state of New York are planning to pass legislation to ban “virginity tests,” following the outcry over the rapper T.I.’s disclosure that he takes his 18-year-old daughter to see a gynecologist every year to ensure that she has not had sexual intercourse.
Over 70,000 Venezuelans with HIV have little to no access to treatment, the Venezuelan outlet Runrunes reported Sunday, citing a recently published report.
“Star Wars” actor Billy Dee Williams has described himself as gender fluid, explaining that he sees himself as both masculine and feminine.
Dozens of children have died as a result of the ongoing measles epidemic in Samoa, prompting a shutdown of the entire government, with all public servants enlisted to help implement the country’s mass vaccination campaign.
New legislation in China requiring telecom operators to collect face scans of their new phone users came into effect on Sunday.
Actor and left-wing activist Mark Ruffalo, reportedly worth around $30 million, has called for an “economic revolution” in the United States, warning that free-market capitalism is “killing us” and robbing the peace and prosperity of future generations.
