The new U.N. human rights chief urged world powers on Monday to protect women and minorities targeted by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, saying the fighters were trying to create a "house of blood.
The potential vaccine uses a single Ebola virus protein to generate an immune response.
Takuma Sakuragi, a Japanese city councilor, faces a death sentence in China if found guilty of trafficking more than 7 pounds of crystal meth.
As Obama hosts a summit of nearly 50 African heads of state in Washington, China's approach to the continent gives a useful template of action.
A plane crash 20 years ago turned two American women into advocates for families devastated by airline disasters, including MH17 and MH370.
The aviation insurance industry is now looking at its largest annual loss since the 9/11 attacks.
Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye says Sunday was one of the airport's busiest days of the year.
Family members of those killed on the Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali were taken to the wreckage to grieve on Saturday as French President Francois Hollande announced three days of mourning.
A team of experts is headed to Mail to aid in an ongoing investigation.
A rebel group pledged to help secure the site, but the French forces they've been fighting since last year are also at the scene.
French officials ruled out an attack by militants in the airplane crash, which killed 116 people on Thursday.
The plane crashed in a remote region of Mali, near the Burkina Faso border, known for sporadic outbreaks of separatist violence.
“Someone saw the plane fall and alerted us, so we sent a mission there that went to the spot," said a Burkina Faso official.
Despite three deadly aviation incidents in the last week, death by plane crash remains an extremely rare occurrence.
Mariela Castro was spotted in Cuba on Thursday morning, debunking claims she was a passenger on Air Algerie Flight 5017.
The Air Algerie flight was traveling over a region controlled by Islamist militants, though France doubts the plane was shot down.
"The plane was not far from the Algerian frontier when the crew was asked to make a detour because of poor visibility," said a Malian diplomat.
Air Algerie Flight 5017 was flying over a disputed region of Mali, where al Qaeda-linked jihadists and government forces have been fighting.
An Algerian official has confirmed that Air Algerie Flight AH5017, which went missing between Burkina Faso and Algiers, has crashed.
An Air Algerie plane, with 116 people on board, is believed to have crashed in a remote region near the Algeria-Mali border.
Mining companies and airlines are joining the fight against Ebola.
Nigeria and Iran will face off in the 2014 World Cup.