The island nation of Trinidad and Tobago sworn in its very first female Prime Minister and Commonwealth Chairperson-in-Charge Wednesday, May 26.

The Pacaya volcano in Guatemala erupted on Thursday, injuring at least 65 people and forcing the government to close down the airport in the capital Guatemala City.

Gunmen launched almost simultaneous attacks on two mosques in Pakistan’s Lahore City, killing more than 50 people in another violent siege on minority sects.

Billionaire and hotel tycoon Dieter Bock, 71, choked to death on a steak served at one of his own luxury hotels in Germany.

At least 65 people were killed and 200 were injured after a high-speed train in New Delhi, India collided with a goods train on Friday. Officials believe it was a sabotage, and Maoist rebels are suspected to be responsible.

A British PhD criminology student studying 19th-century murders, specifically Jack the Ripper, was recently arrested for murdering women in Yorkshire, England in the mode of that legendary serial killer.

North Korea announced on Thursday that it will shelve naval agreements with South Korea aimed at preventing clashes on the disputed waters between the two countries.

United States President Barack Obama ordered an additional 1200 National Guard troops to help man the border between the country and neighbor Mexico.

Violence in a Jamaican slum where Bob Marley was raised and reggae was born raged on for the third-straight day, as security forces try to capture a drug lord who is subject for extradition to the United States.

Seoul has taken its first major retaliation for North Korea’s alleged shooting down of a South Korean warship, halting all trade between the two neighboring East Asian countries.