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Your eyes are telling the truth. Huacachina is no mirage -- it's a tiny town of less than 100 people, located in the middle of the Peruvian desert. The tourist hotspot is back in the news this week, but people looking to visit the "oasis of America" should be aware, it's running out of water. As The Huffington Post warned last year: The tiny town (population: about 100) of Huacachina...

First, who is an entrepreneur? Is it someone who runs a business or company? The leader or founder of an organization or start-up? Yes and no. An entrepreneur is someone who views himself as a variable instead of a constant, someone who is self-motivated and strong-minded instead of indifferent and impressionable, and someone who embraces change instead of closing the door. It is...

U.S. officials said on Wednesday they have thwarted the plans of three New Yorkers to join the Islamic State militant group in Syria, once again highlighting the risks posed by the flood of foreign fighters traveling to the Middle East. The U.S. Justice Department said Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 24, Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, and Abror Habibov, 30, all residents of Brooklyn, plotted to carry out terror attacks...

From the attacks in Australia, France, Denmark and Belgium to the brutal killings by militants of the Islamic State and the racist remarks and hateful demands by far-right groups across the Western world, communities across the globe have seen calls for discord and strife in recent months. But people around the world have answered those calls for division with remarkable expressions of...

The United States has a long history with malaria -- a completely preventable and treatable disease carried by the bite of an infected mosquito. A quick history lesson reminds us that this disease -- which disproportionately affects developing communities in Africa and Asia -- was only eliminated from its shores in 1949, thanks to the vigilant work of what would...

Police in Washington state fired 17 shots at an unarmed Mexican migrant on Feb. 10, hitting him as many as six times, authorities said Wednesday. Wednesday's statement from the Tri-Cities Special Investigations Unit, a squad of officers from four police departments assigned to investigate the killing of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, is the first time authorities have...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's prime minister was briefing his party's lawmakers Wednesday on pledges made to European creditors to win a four-month extension of the country's bailout, amid simmering discontent with what some see as a capitulation. Greece cleared a major hurdle on Tuesday after the finance ministers of the other eurozone countries approved a list of Greek policy goals,...

The Clinton Foundation accepted millions of dollars from seven foreign governments during Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state, including one donation that violated its ethics agreement with the Obama administration, foundation officials disclosed Wednesday....

TORONTO (AP) — Anyone interested in buying a piece of Rob Ford history now has the chance to do so. The notorious former Toronto mayor and now city councilor is auctioning off some of the memorabilia he has collected over the years. Ford's term was plagued by scandals involving drinking, crack cocaine use and erratic behavior. Ten percent of the proceeds will go toward research and care facilities...

KABUL, Feb 26 (Reuters) - An explosion rattled windows in the diplomatic quarter of the heavily fortified Afghan capital on Thursday morning, sending the city's embassies onto high alert. "This is a security announcement: there has been an explosion inside the city," the British embassy broadcast to staff on its compound. Further details on the location...