MEXICO CITY — Mexico City lawmakers on Monday made the city the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, a change that will give homosexual couples more rig...
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Eight circus tigers and a lioness died during a 20-hour journey in an enclosed and heated truck across Siberia, and Russian police are investigat...
CAIRO — Egypt's antiquities chief said Sunday he will formally demand the return of the 3,300-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti from a Berlin museum after confirming it w...
COPENHAGEN — The U.N. climate conference narrowly escaped collapse Saturday as bitterly divided delegates agreed after all-night talks to recognize a political compromis...
BRASILIA, Brazil — The stepfather of a 2-year-old boy claimed he pushed 42 "blessed" sewing needles deep into the toddler because his lover told him to while in a trance...
Doctors move him to hospital with heart unit
RIO DE JANEIRO — A 2-year-old boy with more than 40 sewing needles stuck in him is being airlifted to another hospital in no...
It's the first time for invertebrates
SYDNEY — Australian scientists have discovered an octopus in Indonesia that collects coconut shells for shelter — unusually sophisti...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai got a $10 billion lifeline from oil-rich Abu Dhabi to save one of its prized companies from imminent default today, calming fears for...
BAGHDAD — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates flew to Iraq today to begin the second leg of his tour of two major war zones.
Gates' visit to Iraq comes during a week in ...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea agreed today to accept medicine from South Korea to fight an outbreak of swine flu, South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In-taek told ...
