The United Nations said on Monday that Bashar al-Assad's Syrian government and the opposition will hold their first negotiations, which aims to end the county's civil war, in planned peace talks to take place in Geneva on January 22
Several cars of the New York-bound Amtrak Crescent carrying 218 passengers and crew derailed in Spartanburg, South Carolina, which left four people with minor injuries, authorities said, as reported by The Associated Press. Spartanburg County Deputy Fire Marshal Tony Barnett said the derailment of the Amtrak train from New Orleans occurred at 12:10 a.m early Monday morning
20-year-old gunman Adam Lanza acted alone and did not conspire with anyone when he killed his mother in their home before killing 26 children and teachers and himself at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut
Secretary of State John Kerry has helped to engineer an interim deal with Iran, and has been called "the most significant level of cooperation between the U.S. and [their counterparts] in decades and it could impact the remainder of his tenure."
