The World Cup draw earlier turned up some shockers, with some of the best teams in the world pitted against each other so early in the tournament.

The draw for the group stages of the World Cup have churned out a number of tricky groups with several top teams set to face off in the group stages of the competition.

Birmingham - A woman is taking legal action to prevent her dead husband's sperm from being destroyed, so that she has the option to have his child.

A new ligament has been identified in the human knee. The bone structure has been named the anterolateral ligament (ALL).

London - A ceremony has taken place in London to celebrate the arrival of "sacred soil" from 70 World War I battlefields in Belgium. The soil will be laid at a memorial garden designed by Belgian architect Piet Blanckaert.

Brussels - Authorities in Belgium made a disturbing discovery when they came across an elderly widow who had been sleeping beside her dead husband's mummified body since November of last year.

The European Central Bank cuts interest rate from 0.50 percent to 0.25 percent. The historically low rate shows E.C.B.’s intentions to save the Euro but may have quickened the abolishment the Euro instead.

A survey of discrimination and hate crimes conducted by the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) suggests that anti-Semitism is on the rise in Europe.

Belgium surgeons have discovered a tiny knee ligament that holds the key to all common knee injuries. Named the anterolateral ligament (ALL), in-depth examinations of 41 cadaver knees showed that 97 percent of all knees contain the newly-found ligament.

Aachen - A misunderstanding between a very drunk 27-year-old German and a taxi driver ended up with the man being driven to Hauset in Belgium, instead of his home in a suburb of Aachen. He now faces legal problems because he cannot pay the fare.

Brussels - The Belgium government, considered the pioneer of euthanasia laws, is contemplating a new law that would allow terminally ill children the right to die. It would also offer that same right to dementia-diagnosed adults.

You might not be shocked by a doping scandal in cycling. You might even expect that some stars in baseball, the NFL or NBA take performance-enhancing drugs. Who would expect a group of pigeons involved in a race to be the victims of a doping scandal?

Contaminants in the air are officially carcinogens (potentially cancer causing), a World Health Organization (WHO) report indicates.

A new microfluidic device (for handling small volumes of fluids) has been developed by researchers to screen for hospital pathogens like Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Brussels - He thought he was headed for fame and fortune on the silver screen, but when alleged Somali pirate Mohamed "Afweyene" Abdi Hassan arrived at the Brussels airport, he was immediately arrested on kidnapping and hijacking charges.

Dan Snow's trip into the Democratic Republic of Congo will show the world that a country blessed with just about every natural resource available, somehow finds itself being one of the poorest nations on the planet.

Sydney - A new report from Credit Suisse says that Australians are the world’s richest in median wealth, the average between richest and poorest. That’s overlooking our poverty rate of around 20% but who wants to know numbers that might mean something?

Brussels - Firemen in Brussels, Belgium were protesting against national budget cuts in the fire department on Monday. They set fires and thoroughly foamed police officers along the way.

Brussels - The European Parliament has named Edward Snowden, NSA Whistleblower, a finalist for the coveted and prestigious international human rights award, the 2013 Sakharov Prize. Jesselyn Radack of GAP read a statement by Snowden to the EU Parliament on Monday.

'Believe', a follow-up to Justin Bieber's 2011 hit documentary, 'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,' is set for release at Christmas, his manger said Sunday. Like that first film, 'Believe' was directed by Jon M. Chu.