Rooster kills man during banned cockfight in India

Police in India said the rooster, which had a 3-inch knife tied to its leg, fluttered in panic and slashed its owner in his groin. The man died on the way to the hospital.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy convicted of corruption, sentenced to prison

The 66-year-old politician, who was president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted for having tried to illegally get information in 2014 about a legal action in which he was involved.

Astronauts perform spacewalk to prepare ISS for new solar wings

NASA's Kate Rubins and Victor Glover ventured out Sunday to install support frames for new, high-efficiency solar panels arriving at the International Space Station later this year.

300 girls kidnapped from school in Nigeria

Hundreds of girls are missing after a large group of gunmen raided a school in northern Nigeria early Friday morning, residents say.

US implicates Saudi crown prince in journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince likely approved the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

UK judge rules comatose woman with COVID-19 should be removed from life support weeks after giving birth

A woman who has reportedly been in a coma for nearly a month after contracting COVID-19 will reportedly be taken off life support after the Court of Protection in the United Kingdom ruled not doing so would just “prolong her death.”

Children plunge from 4th floor of burning building

Several children had only one way to escape a burning building: by jumping from a window four stories above the street.

US airstrike, 1st under Biden, kills Iran-backed militiaman

An Iraqi militia official says a U.S. airstrike in Syria has killed one militiaman and wounded a number of others with a powerful Iranian-backed Iraqi group.

Monarch butterflies typically found in winter resting grounds in Mexico declined by 26%

The number of monarch butterflies that showed up at their winter resting grounds in central Mexico decreased by about 26% this year, and four times as many trees were lost to illegal logging, drought and other causes, making 2020 a bad year for the butterflies.

US launches airstrike on facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia

The United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities used by Iranian-backed militia groups. The Pentagon said the strikes were in retaliation for a rocket attack in Iraq earlier this month that killed one civilian contractor and wounded a U.S. service member and other coalition troops.

Mexico's president says nation handling COVID-19 pandemic better than US

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that his country is doing better than the United States in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, even though Mexico’s per capita death rate is probably higher and the country has vaccinated less than 1% of its population.

Facebook says it will soon lift ban on Australians sharing, viewing news on its platform

Facebook announced Tuesday that it would lift a ban on Australians viewing and sharing news on its platform after it struck a deal with the government on proposed legislation that would make digital giants pay for journalism.

Senate confirms Linda Thomas-Greenfield as UN ambassador

The Senate has confirmed President Joe Biden’s choice to lead U.S. diplomacy at the United Nations on Tuesday.

Prince Philip has infection and will stay in hospital for several days, Palace says

The palace said Tuesday that the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II is responding to treatment for an infection but is not expected to leave the hospital for several days.

US deports 95-year-old Tenn. man who served as former Nazi concentration camp guard

The United States has deported Friedrich Karl Berger, a 95-year-old who had been living in Tennessee with German citizenship who had once served as a guard in one of Nazi Germany’s concentration camps.