ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — A fire swept through a nursing home in southern Russia today and killed 62 people, a toll authorities said was inflated by safety violations, neg...
Several wounded by blast in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan — A car bomb exploded near a three-vehicle U.S. Embassy convoy on a busy road in Kabul today, wounding several people...
MOSCOW — A methane gas explosion in a Siberian coal mine today killed at least nine miners, a Russian emergency official said.
At least two other miners were injured by ...
Heinz closes England plant
LONDON — More than 100 years of British tradition came to an end Friday as the final bottle of HP brown sauce — a popular alternative to ketchu...
FRANKFURT, Germany — It may trail the historic impact of Charles Lindbergh's 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic, but the Spirit of St. Louis also did not have a wingsp...
Armani, an Italian greyhound, yawns while waiting for the start of the St. Patrick's Day parade in Montreal on Sunday. Similar parades were held around the United States...
Problems pile up during trip
MERIDA, Mexico — President Bush's trip to sunny Latin America was no day at the beach. He was buffeted by complaints about immigration laws, ...
Exercise can help smokers
LONDON — As little as five minutes of exercise seems to help smokers curb their craving for a cigarette, a review of a dozen studies found.
The ...
Mexican chief not big fan
MERIDA, Mexico — Mexican President Felipe Calderon has a tough message for President Bush: The United States must do more — "much more" — to sol...
PARIS — Jacques Chirac, admired and scorned during 12 years as France's president, announced Sunday he will not seek a third term in elections this spring — a widely exp...
