President Barack Obama has made his strongest declaration yet in favor of net neutrality, which would ensure that telecommunications companies cannot charge websites or individuals for a guarantee their content would be delivered to consumers at a reasonable speed.
The White House has announced plans to send more than 1,000 troops to Iraq supplement the roughly 1,400 already in the country to advise the Iraqi military in its battle against the Islamic State.
An important member of the terrorist group calling itself the Islamic State has revealed the details surrounding the release of nearly 50 Turkish foreign service employees IS captured as they seized control of the Iraqi city of Mosul.
Mexican authorities believe that they have arrested the people responsible for the murder of 43 students who were protesting, which has set off massive protests and unrest through out the country.
According to eyewitnesses at the New Delhi Zoo and Indian officials, a white tiger killed a man who climbed over the fence and fell into the animal's outdoor enclosure.
At the United Nations emergency Climate Change Summit, 40-year-old actor Leonardo DiCaprio urged world leaders to take action on the worsening issue.
Scientists might be able to predict earthquakes by examining groundwater
On Tuesday, at the organization's headquarters in New York City, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave a strong speech at the opening ceremony of the U.N. Climate Change Summit, calling it the "defining issue of our age."
Hezbollah, the militant group, used drones to bomb a building occupied by the Al-Nusra Front, an al Qaeda affiliate.
The Obama administration announced a national strategy and measures to cope with the growing public health concern that kills thousands every day and is expected to claim more lives if appropriate actions aren't taken: antibiotic resistance.
The 24-year-old actress best-known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies launched the United Nation's gender equality campaign: "HeForShe"
On Monday, hundreds of environmentalists gathered around in New York City and marched to the Financial District to protest the Wall Street and its relation to global climate change.
On September 21 , hundreds of thousands of protesters from all over the world gathered on the streets to call for action against climate change.
According to a study conducted by the Global Carbon Project initiative and published in the Natural Geoscience Journal, in 2013 global greenhouse gas emissions rose by 2.3%, reaching a record high.
On September 19 , a Chinese court issued a fine of $500 million to the British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline for its involvement in a massive bribery and corruption case.
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