Jet goes down in poor weather
ISLAMABAD — A passenger jet crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid poor weather today, killing all 152 people on board a...
BEIJING — Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power today, as the worst flooding in more than a decade con...
LONDON — These aren't your average family snapshots.
Queen Elizabeth II is joining other proud parents starting today in showing off and sharing her photo albums — and t...
Archaeologist says site was ceremonial center
LONDON — Scientists scouring around Stonehenge said Thursday they have uncovered the foundations of a second circular struct...
Recession fears linger in Europe
LONDON — Ninety-one banks. Twenty-seven countries. One exam. So who's going to flunk the European stress test?
Markets were on alert toda...
U.S. plans military drills, sanctions against North
HANOI, Vietnam — North Korea today threatened the United States and South Korea with a "physical response" to planned ...
Guam orders ship not to dock
HAGATNA, Guam — Authorities in the U.S. territory of Guam have turned away a ship after thousands of spiders overflowed from its cargo.
The G...
SYDNEY — Scientists have discovered a cave filled with 15-million-year-old fossils of prehistoric marsupials in the Outback, a rare find that has revealed some surprisin...
Suicide bomber strikes Kandahar
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Eight American troops died in attacks in southern Afghanistan, including a car bombing and gunfight outside a poli...
PERTH, Australia — A man ejected from a pub in Australia broke into a zoo and climbed onto the back of a crocodile named Fatso, which bit him on the leg but then let him...
