The death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo from Ebola has risen to 370 since the start of an outbreak in late July last year, the country’s Health Ministry said on Monday. Among 685 cases of reported hemorrhagic fever, 636 were confirmed to be Ebola cases, according to the...

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said her prior hawkish immigration stances, including opposition to giving “amnesty to illegal aliens,” were lacking in empathy. The newly announced Democratic presidential hopeful from New York, who’s moved left since her time representing a more...

Syrian regime military air defenses thwarted an Israeli attack on Sunday, shooting down seven missiles targeting an airport in southeastern Damascus, Russia's National Defense Control Center was cited by RIA news agency as saying. The attack, launched by four Israeli F-16 jets, did not...

Diggers trying to reach a two-year-old boy who fell into a deep well in southern Spain a week ago saw their progress slowed by harder rock on Sunday, though experts still held out hope he could still be alive. There has been no contact with Julen Rosello since he fell down the narrow shaft,...