Students who were rescued from a broken cable car dangling high above a valley in Pakistan said Wednesday they repeatedly feared they were about to die during the 16-hour ordeal despite attempts by their parents to reassure them over cellphones.
A business jet en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg has crashed, killing all ten people on board, Russian emergency officials say. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, officials say, but it wasn't immediately clear if he was on board.
Libertarian upstart candidate Javier Milei is in a strong position to win the country's presidency following his victory in last week's primaries. Milei proposes a radical remake that would see Argentina abolish its central bank and currency, end social programs and liberalize gun ownership.
India has landed a spacecraft near the moon's south pole, an uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water and precious elements, as the country cements its growing prowess in space and technology.
Russia media reported that the Kremlin has removed Sergei Surovikin, nicknamed "General Armageddon," as head of the air force after he vanished from public view during a mercenary mutiny earlier this summer.
Australian prosecutors dropped a potential criminal case against American actor Amber Heard over allegations that she lied to a court about how her Yorkshire terriers Pistol and Boo came to be smuggled into Australia eight years ago, the government said Wednesday.
He won't be there physically, but Donald Trump will certainly loom large over the first Republican presidential candidate debate tonight in Milwaukee.
A giraffe without spots at a Tennessee zoo may be plain, but she's definitely not ordinary.
