Mystery of teen who vanished in Rome in 1980s, Emanuela Orlandi, takes another twist
Franco Origlia/Getty Images(ROME) -- Another twist was added to the already perplexing mystery and 36-year search for Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-year-old Italian girl who went missing in 1983 without a trace in the center of...
Alan Turing, legendary mathematician and WWII codebreaker, honored on new 50 pound note
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Mathematician and World War II codebreaker, Alan Turing, has been honored by the Bank of England as the new face of the 50 pound note. Turing, who died at 41 in 1952, was best...
Investigation underway at Heathrow Airport as boy boards plane to LA without ticket
pabst_ell/iStock(LONDON) -- A police investigation is underway at Heathrow, London’s biggest airport, after a 12-year-old boy managed to slip past security and board a plane headed to Los Angeles despite not having a...
Crucial piece of evidence may identify killer of American professor murdered in Greece, police source says
Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden(LONDON) -- A crucial piece of evidence left behind in the abandoned World War II bunker in Greece where an American professor was found dead last week may identify her killer,...
State Department confirms another American tourist death in the Dominican Republic
Tracy Jerome Jester Jr(WASHINGTON) -- An American man died while vacationing in the Dominican Republic in March, the U.S. State Department and the man's family told ABC News this week -- making him the 11th American...
Prominent journalist and an unnamed American among 26 dead in Somalia hotel attack
Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images(KISMAYO, Sudan) -- An attack in Somalia's port city of Kismayo over the weekend killed 26 people, including the prominent Canadian-Somali journalist Hodan Nalayeh, who returned to her...
Trump may sign asylum deal with Guatemala that critics call illegal, dangerous
iStock(WASHINGTON) -- President Trump and Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales are expected to sign an agreement Monday that would require asylum seekers who transit through Guatemala to claim asylum in that country instead...
Tourists flock to sacred Uluru site before climb ban, leave mounds of trash behind
Chris Jackson/Getty Images(SYDNEY) -- Australia's landmark sandstone, considered a site of "great spiritual significance," has been turned into something of a trash heap as tourists flock in droves trying to beat the...
Trump administration weighs penalties on Turkey for delivery of Russian missile system
Turkey National Defense Ministry/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration has yet to respond to Turkey's decision to accept delivery of a Russian missile defense system that will cut...
Vatican opens tombs, but mystery deepens surrounding 1983 disappearance of teen Emanuela Orlandi
Travel Wild/iStock(ROME) -- During the summer of 1983, a teenager named Emanuela Orlandi vanished in Rome. Over the years, there have been many false starts on her whereabouts as her family doggedly searched for her. In...
British warship prevents Iranian attempt to order a British tanker into its waters: US officials
CIL868/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- A British warship prevented an apparent attempt by five Iranian small boats to direct a British oil tanker towards Iranian waters on Wednesday, according to two U.S. officials. The incident is...
Death of American scientist found in WWII bunker in Greece was result of a criminal act, authorities say
Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden(NEW YORK) -- The death of an American scientist whose body was found in an abandoned World War II bunker in Greece is being investigated as a criminal act, according to local...
Duchesses Kate and Meghan brings kids to watch Princes William and Harry play polo
Samir Hussein/WireImage(BERKSHIRE, England) -- The next generation of royals -- Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and royal baby Archie – turned out in full force Wednesday to watch their dads, Princes...
