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BEIJING — An attacker with a cleaver hacked to death seven children and two adults at a kindergarten in northwest China today, the latest in a string of savage assaults ...

MEZHDURECHENSK, Russia (AP) — Workers labored intensely Tuesday to try to restore ventilation to the Siberian coal mine where 43 miners remain missing more than two days...

BEIJING — Wednesday marks the second anniversary of China's worst disaster in a generation, the Sichuan earthquake — and a painful milestone for the families of the 17,9...

Capturing creatures is their odd form of entertainment GHUNDY GHAR, Afghanistan — As night falls on this small hilltop base in the heart of Taliban country in southern Af...

BAGHDAD — Two car explosions and a suicide bomber have killed at least 40 people outside a textile factory, taking the day's death toll to 75, Iraq's bloodiest day of th...

DUBLIN — Ireland reopened its western airports today but warned a 1,000-mile-long cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland was still lurking offshore. The Irish Aviation Autho...

LONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has made a bid to stay in office after Britain's indecisive election, saying he is prepared to speak to any other party abou...

Harsh austerity measures imposed ATHENS, Greece — Greece's only hope of avoiding bankruptcy is to take money from a joint EU and International Monetary Fund rescue packag...

ROME — Giulietta Simionato, an Italian mezzo-soprano whose instantly recognizable voice was wildly popular with audiences, died Wednesday, La Scala opera house said. She...

ATHENS, Greece — Flights to and from Greece were grounded, trains and ferries suspended their routes and public services were paralyzed today as angry Greeks went on str...