EU to help Guyana fight flooding problem
The European Union is funding a study to help the South American country of Guyana control flooding. The EU said in a statement Saturday that it will ...

Finding woman alive lifts Bangladesh rescuers
Even amid the euphoria over finding a woman alive in the rubble of a garment factory that collapsed more than two weeks ago, rescuers on Saturday ...
Correction: Somalia-Famine Deaths story
In a story April 29 about a report estimating the number of Somalis who died in the country's 2011 famine, The Associated Press erroneously reported ...

'Off the charts': 133k Somalia famine child deaths
A decision by extremist Islamic militants to ban delivery of food aid and a "normalization of crisis" that numbed international donors to unfolding ...

Bangladeshis turn rescuers after building collapse
The heat in the rubble was sweltering. It closed in on his body like the darkness around him, making it hard to breathe. Working by the faint glow of ...

AP PHOTOS: China rushes relief after Sichuan quake
Saturday's earthquake in China's Sichuan province, measured by China's earthquake administration at magnitude 7.0 and by the U.S. Geological Survey ...

Sea disputes, NKorea in spotlight at ASEAN summit
Worried that long-seething rifts could escalate over the South China Sea, Southeast Asian leaders are expected this week to press China to agree to ...

China rushes relief after Sichuan quake kills 180
Rescuers and relief teams struggled to rush supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province Sunday after an earthquake left at least 180 ...

Thousands of Pakistanis homeless after quake
Thousands of people are homeless and desperate for aid in southwestern Pakistan following a deadly earthquake centered in neighboring Iran that ...

Albania says rain hampering flood response effort
Albanian authorities say continuous rainfall is hampering efforts to address severe flooding that has left hundreds of homes swamped and without ...
Pope Francis urges aid for flooded Argentina
Pope Francis is calling for public and church institutions in his native Argentina to step up assistance to the tens of thousands of people left ...
Audit says Katrina aid may have been misspent
Federal investigators said Wednesday that as much as $700 million in federal aid intended to help some 24,000 Louisiana families elevate their homes ...

Flooding in Albania forces hundreds of evacuations
Albanian authorities have evacuated hundreds of people from their homes after heavy rains caused flooding in the west of the country.

Recovery slow as Japan marks 2 years since tsunami
Amid growing dissatisfaction with the slow pace of recovery, Japan marked the second anniversary Monday of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that ...

Floods endanger 2 dams in Macedonia
Two dams in Macedonia are in danger of collapsing because of extensive flooding caused by four days of torrential rain, while authorities were ...
House clears disaster aid for houses of worship
The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to allow houses of worship damaged by Superstorm Sandy to receive federal disaster aid from the ...

Aftershocks hamper relief in tsunami-hit Solomons
Strong aftershocks rattled the Solomon Islands on Friday, hampering relief efforts to tsunami-ravaged villages and forcing the South Pacific nation's ...

Experts say cruise industry starting to recover
Cruise watchers looking back at the industry's past year say the Concordia disaster affected everything from prices to safety drills to first-time ...

Stormy issue of Sandy aid settles down in House
The political tempest stirred up by Superstorm Sandy appears to have moved on after wreaking havoc among congressional Republicans divided over how ...
Britain pledges $16M in disaster funds to Haiti
Britain's government has pledged 10 million pounds ($16 million) to help Haiti deal with future disasters on the third anniversary of the earthquake ...

Transocean's $1.4B oil spill deal will help Gulf
A $1.4 billion settlement between the Justice Department and Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean Ltd. will pump hundreds of millions of dollars ...

Storms batter England; 2 people killed
Heavy rain and strong winds battered areas of Britain over the weekend, killing two people and flooding 800 homes, officials said Sunday.
Locked-out Lundqvist finally finds game to play
Henrik Lundqvist finally found a game to play. It won't be under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden, or in front of a hostile crowd in ...