MEXICO CITY, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Mexican Olympic race walker Noe Hernandez died of a heart attack on Wednesday after being shot in the head. The 34-year-old, 2000 Sydney Olympics runner-up, died on his way to the hospital following two heart attacks...
Clinton to Testify on Benghazi Attack Four months after the Benghazi attack that exposed startling flaws in U.S. diplomatic security, lawmakers will have their first chance to question Clinton about the incident, in what likely will be her final roun...
Anger, Fear Sweep Europe After Algeria Attack British Prime Minister David Cameron postponed a key speech on Europe to deal with the hostage crisis Friday. After chairing an emergency meeting with ministers, he briefed parliament. I offered UK techni...
Nigeria Sees Bloodiest Year of Boko Haram Attacks The building was the office of ThisDay, a prominent Nigerian newspaper. While a suicide bomber rammed a car into the building, an accomplice stood by with a camera, later posting the destruction on Yo...
Pirate Attacks are Down in 2012 Sea piracy has fallen to its lowest level since 2008, including a sharp decline off the coast of Somalia. However, the International Maritime Bureau warns Africas Gulf of Guinea is growing increasingly risky for shippi...
Afghan Resort Struggles to Recover from Taliban Attack Like many of the Taliban's high-profile sieges, the Qargha Lake attack played out on TV. Viewers who witnessed it will never forget the images of people clinging to the wall of the Spozhmai resta...
Suspect in Wildlife Reserve Attack Escapes The manhunt has resumed for the leader of a DRC militia that attacked a wildlife reserve in June. Six people were killed and 14 endangered forest giraffes, known as Okapi were slaughtered. He had been in the...
Pakistani Acid-Attack Victim Enjoys New Life in Texas After taking the oath of citizenship, Julie Aftab celebrated. I have waited eight-and-a-half years to hear those words, and those words mean so much to me, she said. Ten years ago, when she was 16...
Iraq Attacks Cloud Debate over Syria Intervention Workers clear rubble and twisted metal after a bomb attack in the town of Taji, north of Baghdad on Monday. The town's Sunni community was one of the worst hit with more than 40 people killed, as bomb...
Conservation Project at Risk from Mai Mai Attack The hunt continues for the Mai Mai militia that attacked a DRC conservation project in June. Six people were killed, as well as 14 endangered animals called Okapi, or forest giraffe. The attack occurre...