Begoleã Mendes Fernandes allegedly murdered Alan Lopes, 21, who had accepted Fernandes into his home, believing the man was homeless. Fernandes may have used a false name.
Russian President Putin's top allies, China and Belarus, met in Beijing to enhance relations as one security expert warns China could look to funnel arms to Russia through Belarus.
British police have found the remains of a baby after a missing couple was arrested. The infant’s mother and her boyfriend had crisscrossed England to avoid authorities.
Experts say Russia and China are now engaged in an unofficial arms race, with the U.S. falling behind, after Russia backed out of the New START treaty last month.
A U.S. Army artillery officer has died during an assignment in Thailand. The man took part in a major multinational military exercise. Officals said no foul play was suspected.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador accused the chief justice of the nation's Supreme Court, Norma Piña, of promoting rulings favoring criminal suspects.
Poultry exports have halted in Argentina after the country detected its first case of bird flu in the industry. Most of its previous cases came from wild birds.
Human rights lawyers are calling for an investigation into Turkish authorities accused of committing crimes against thousands of opponents of President Erdogan.
After hundreds of girls across 30 schools in Iran fell ill from poison attacks, the country’s president is ordering authorities to investigate the matter.
Top Lebanese intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim will be stepping down after attempts to extend his term failed. Ibrahim has mediated the release of Westerners held in Syria.
The lodge did not seem to provide an answer as to why it destroyed the dozens of passports left in its care by the traveling British students while on their ski trip.
Dozens of coffins filled a stadium in Italy after a ship carrying over a hundred people crashed off the coast, killing at least 67 people including children.
Taiwan scrambled fighter jets and activated its missile defense systems on Wednesday morning after over two dozen Chinese warplanes were spotted approaching the island.
Germany’s foreign ministers presented a new feminist policy aimed at promoting female participation in decision-making. The policy aims to create more stable societies.
United Nations officials say the deployment of South Sudanese troops to the contested Abyei region will lead to "untold suffering and humanitarian concerns."
A couple of people drowned after an overloaded migrant boat carrying 27 people capsized off a Greek island. While most were rescued, one person remains missing.
An investigation into emails from a hacked mailbox from an aide to former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has been opened. The aide resigned last year.