Tagged World News

Tahoua region, Niger- An American citizen was kidnapped by an “unknown group of assailants,” reported NBC News. According to Christian Broadcasting Network News, the man is Jeff Woodke, who reportedly...

Naples, Italy- According to NBC News, two paintings by Vincent Van Gogh that were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2002 were found on Sept. 30 in Italy during a crackdown against the...

Aleppo, Syria- Approximately 200 air strikes were conducted against the rebel-held city of Aleppo on Sept. 22 and 23 by Syrian government forces and their Russian allies. These air strikes came after a...

  Bangalore, India- Protests that began last week over a water sharing deal between Karnataka and the neighboring state, Tamil have resulted in two deaths. One of the men was shot dead by police and...

  North Korea- North Korea announced that, in potentially the most powerful nuclear test the country has had yet on the morning of Friday, Sept. 9, they have successfully detonated a nuclear warhead...

Vatican City, Italy- Pope Francis issued a statement expressing his horror at the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. He condemned the shooting and said that it is paradoxical how weapons...

Dübendorf, Switzerland – Solar Impulse, a completely solar powered airplane from Switzerland, has completed a three-day journey from Hawaii to San Francisco in one of the final legs of its around the world...

Ecuador – The death toll continues to rise after a powerful earthquake in Ecuador’s northwestern coast shook the nation on Saturday, April 16. 246 people have been pronounced dead and hundreds more are...

Myanmar – Dozens of students were released from a prison in Myanmar after a year of detention. The student activists were arrested as political prisoners for protests against educational reforms last March....

Kolkata, India – After the collapse of a flyover overpass that was under construction, many are feared as trapped and injured under the concrete and steel remnants of the overpass. So far the incident has...