North Korean leader Kim Jong Un missing ahead of mass military parade

North Korea’s capital Pyongyang is expected to hold mass military parades this week but the country’s leader Kim Jong Un hasn’t been seen in public for more than a month.

Powerful quake rocks Turkey and Syria, killing more than 4,000

Rescuers in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria are searching through the frigid night, hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble.

Route to Super Bowl dangerous for Mexico’s avocado haulers: 'Took our truck and tied us up'

Armed guards are accompanying trucks carrying avocados grown in Mexico heading to be exported to the U.S. during Super Bowl season. “We were coming down a dirt road and two young guys came out and they took our truck and tied us up.”

Chile wildfires: Death toll rises amid record-breaking heat wave

At least 22 people have died in connection to the fires and 554 have been injured, including 16 in serious condition, according to Interior Minister Carolina Tohá.

U.S. military shoots down suspected spy balloon

A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that had been over the United States for about a week was shot out of the sky Saturday. 

Lauded fashion designer Paco Rabanne dies at age 88

Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer known for perfumes sold worldwide and for metallic, space-age fashions, has died, the group that owns his fashion house announced Friday.

2nd Chinese balloon detected over Latin America, Pentagon says

The spectacle drew severe Pentagon accusations of spying on Friday, while sending some excited or alarmed Americans outside with binoculars.

Chinese balloon: Montana man describes 'surreal' experience capturing spectacle on camera

“I’m a little bit disturbed that the surveillance balloon — if that is, in fact, what it was — made it this far into our country and was hovering over my hometown” Chase Doak told LiveNOW from FOX.

Man, caught at palace with crossbow, admits plan to kill Queen Elizabeth

In 2021, prosecutors say, the former supermarket worker scaled a wall with a rope ladder and entered the castle grounds, wearing a metal mask and carrying a loaded crossbow with the safety catch off.

Child abuser, ex-pop star Gary Glitter freed from UK prison

Former pop star Gary Glitter was released from prison in England on Friday after serving half of a 16-year prison sentence for sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s.

Watch: Fishermen cling to cooler after boat capsizes off Australian coast

The three men grabbed anything still floating when their boat started taking on water off the coast of Australia and held on for hours, officials said.

Video: Tourist whacked with stick, heckled after illegally climbing Mayan pyramid

The incident happened over the weekend at the archaeological site of Chichén Itzá on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula — a popular tourist destination.

Blood-flavored popsicles help zoo animals beat Rio's heat

The flavors of ice given to the zoo's carnivores aren't found at your average summer hotspot: Chicken, minced meat and bovine blood. But 14-year-old lion Simba and the 3-year-old black jaguar Poty lap it up.

Australia to remove British royals from its bank notes

The nation’s central bank said Thursday its new $5 bill would feature an Indigenous design rather than an image of King Charles III.

Tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule that fell off truck in Australia found

The radioactive capsule the size of a pea fell off a truck last month. “They have quite literally found the needle in the haystack,” an Australian official said.