'Ice Bucket Challenge' passes $100 mn markThe "Ice Bucket Challenge" viral craze has raised more than $100 million after sweeping the globe since its launch last month.
US diplomats banned from Ice Bucket ChallengeIt is the charity stunt that has got everyone from billionaires to pop stars and even former US presidents drenched by buckets of freezing water
Azerbaijan cracks down on critics ahead of pollsSakina Gurbanova says her son is facing 12 years in prison for daring to challenge Azerbaijan's government ahead of upcoming presidential elections in the tightly controlled ex-Soviet state.
07 October 2013
LG unveils new device in smartphone war LG Electronics on Wednesday unveiled a new device to challenge Apple, Samsung and other rivals in the booming smartphone market.
Austrian space diver no stranger to danger Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian daredevil who had hoped to make history Tuesday with a jump from the edge of space, is no stranger to death-defying danger.
11 October 2012
Muslim leaders challenge Obama defense on anti-Islam film Muslim leaders demanded international action to stop religious insults in a challenge to US President Barack Obama's defense of freedom of expression at the UN General Assembly.
26 September 2012
Quadruple amputee prepares for Bering Strait swim Two silhouettes cut through the water a few hundred yards (metres) from a rainy, windswept beach bordering the flat grasslands near the small Inuit community of Wales, in the far west of Alaska.
15 August 2012
Opposition to appeal Mexico presidential vote results The party of the leftist candidate who came in second in Mexico's presidential election said Sunday it would challenge the results, which gave a win to Enrique Pena Nieto, in the Electoral Court.