Happy New Year!

The world says goodbye to 2015 and welcomes 2016 with fireworks and revelry

• Dec 31, 2015
• 26 photos

Massive fire at skyscraper mars New Year's in Dubai

Burning debris rains down from luxury tower near world's tallest building as tens of thousands gathered for fireworks

• Dec 31, 2015

New Year's revelers unfazed by attack worries

As 2015 draws to a close, many bid adieu to year marred by attacks that left nations reeling, nerves rattled

• Jan 1, 2016

London-bound jet makes U-turn after rat spotted on board

Bizarre incident on Air India flight was one of two mishaps involving animals for cash-strapped national carrier

• Dec 31, 2015

Egypt says shelling levelled home, killed entire family

Officials say militants destroyed house in Sinai Peninsula, where ISIS has been active, near a security checkpoint

• Dec 31, 2015

DDoS attack knocks out BBC news website

British broadcaster apologizes for temporary outage of primary news portal after online attack

• Dec 31, 2015

Nigeria leader says he'd negotiate to free kidnapped schoolgirls

But President Muhammadu Buhari gives little reason for hope, admitting it's unclear where they are, or who his gov't should even talk to

• Dec 31, 2015

How Amazon is undermining an anti-Islam group

Song by PEGIDA, which protests "Islamization" in Europe, can be purchased on Amazon, so how is online retail giant spending its proceeds?

• Dec 31, 2015

Europeans to celebrate New Year's despite terror threats

Fireworks displays in Brussels and Paris have been cancelled, but people are still getting together to welcome 2016

• Dec 31, 2015

Iran denies firing rockets near U.S. warships

Islamic Republic's military reportedly dismisses claim it test-fired rockets in vital waterway as "psychological warfare"

• Dec 31, 2015

​21 Air Canada passengers injured by strong turbulence

Flight from Shanghai to Toronto makes emergency landing in Calgary; injuries considered non-life threatening

• Dec 30, 2015

Ghosts prompt asylum seekers in Sweden to request new housing

Flickering lights and noise in the plumbing system along with doors that open by themselves are causing terror among the building's new residents

• Dec 30, 2015

New Year tribute to Goddess of the Sea

Honoring Sea Goddess Iemanjá and asking for blessings for the New Year on Copacabana Beach in Rio

• Dec 30, 2015
• 16 photos

N. Korea says top official killed in car accident, fueling rumors

Lack of detail about death of Kim Jong Un's top aide feeds speculation in South Korean media that his death was suspicious

• Dec 30, 2015

Turkey: New Year's suicide attack foiled

Two suspected ISIS militants believed to be planning bomb attack detained, prosecutor says

• Dec 30, 2015

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