"Once lawmakers come up with measures to transfer power in a way that minimizes any power vacuum and chaos in governance, I will step down," South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Tuesday.

A plane carrying the Brazilian football team Chapecoense Real crashed en route to Medellin in Colombia. There were 72 passengers plus flight crew on board and authorities said there may be survivors.

Gertrude was deported with her family to Auschwitz. She was the only one to return.

Mere onlookers, or rather accessories to the Holocaust?

Some of the world's best sand artists showed off their giant sculptures during the third annual International Sand Art Competition.

The secret to her long life? Apparently it is eschewing all medical wisdom.

People who are hoping that two last-minute efforts might deny Donald J. Trump the presidency are facing likely disappointment.

Following the fatal shooting of a police officer by a member of the Reichsbürger - or 'sovereign citizen' - movement last October, the German government wants stricter gun laws to stop extremists from acquiring weapons.

The accelerating attack by government troops has forced thousands of civilians to flee the area.

Fleeing war-torn Syria, painter Majd Kara found himself in Lithuania where half the population says they refuse to help asylum-seekers.

Scientists say 67 percent of shallow-water corals have been lost over the past eight to nine months.

Since September, seven-year-old Bana Alabed and her mother Fatemah have been tweeting about the war in Aleppo. Their account shows how the war affects their family's life.

As Cubans hold their week-long farewell to their former leader, crowds of mourners have also been gathering at Cuban embassies around the world to pay tribute to Fidel Castro. http://dw.com/p/2TOad

A skating rink in western Japan has caused a stir by freezing some 5,000 dead fish. The operator plans to hold a memorial service for the fish once they have been taken out of the ice, which could take about a week.