Two simultaneous explosions ripped through the crowd at the finish line of the Boston Marathon killing three people and injuring hundreds on a day when tens of thousands of people pack the streets to watch the world famous race. Runners continue to run t
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed extensive details of global electronic surveillance by the U.S. spy agency. Snowden left his post in Hawaii in May and went public with his first revelations about the NSA from Hong Kong
Former South African President Nelson Mandela died aged 95 on December 5 in Johannesburg and was buried in his home village of Qunu following 10 days of emotion-charged mourning in South Africa. Anda a 15 year-old local boy watches from his hut window th
Considered the deadliest garment factory accident in history 1129 people died when the eight-story Rana Plaza building collapsed in Dhaka Bangladesh on April 24 2013. More than 2500 injured workers were rescued from the rubble. Rescue workers attempt to
Hundreds were killed on August 21 2013 when rebel-controlled areas in Ghouta a suburb of Damascus were struck by rockets containing the chemical agent sarin. The attack sparked international debate on whether to intervene in the escalating civil war in S
Super typhoon Haiyan reduced almost everything in its path to rubble when it swept ashore in the central Philippines on November 8 killing at least 6069 people leaving 1779 missing and 4 million either homeless or with damaged homes. Residents look at a
The execution of Kim Jon Un uncle Jang Song Thaek in December was the biggest upheaval in years in North Korea which has conducted three nuclear tests and this year raised the possibility of nuclear war with South Korea and the United States. North Korea
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope on March 13 after his predecessor Pope Emeritus Benedict resigned on February 28 saying he no longer had the physical and spiritual strength to lead the 1.2 billion member Roman Catholic Church. Francis has proven t
Egypt army-backed government cracked down hard on the Muslim Brotherhood after the army deposed former President Mohamed Mursi on July 3 after mass protests against his rule killing hundreds of its supporters and arresting thousands more. An injured supp
