Greece helicopter prison escape attempt foiled
A helicopter swooped down on a prison courtyard Sunday as armed men on board fired on guards and lowered a rope to help a convicted killer make his ...

Syria rebels fight for police academy near Aleppo
Rebels backed by captured tanks launched a fresh offensive on a government complex housing a police academy near the northern city of Aleppo on ...

Talk of peace with Pakistan Taliban angers victims
Hazratullah Khan, who lost his right leg below the knee in a car bombing, answers immediately when asked whether the Pakistani government should hold ...

More than 200 kidnapped Syrian villagers released
Gunmen from rival Sunni and Shiite Muslim villages in northern Syria have freed more than 200 people snatched in tit-for-tat kidnappings this month, ...

Greece: Fierce storm causes blackouts, road havoc
Torrential rainfall in Greece's capital Friday crippled traffic, inundated basements and streets, and was blamed for the death of woman whose car was ...

Indian police search for evidence in bomb attack
Indian police are investigating whether a shadowy Islamic militant group was responsible for a dual bomb attack that killed 16 people outside a movie ...

Twin bombings kill 14, wound more in south India
A day after two bicycle bombs killed 14 people and wounded more than 100, investigators into India's worst bombing in more than a year searched Friday ...
Christchurch marks 2nd anniversary of deadly quake
The New Zealand city of Christchurch is commemorating the second anniversary of an earthquake that destroyed thousands of homes and killed 185 people.
Leader of Palestinian group injured in Syria bomb
Palestinian officials say the leader of a Palestinian group based in Damascus is among those injured by a car bomb that killed more than 30 people in ...

Russia offers to broker Syria talks
Russia and the Arab League proposed Wednesday to broker talks between the Syrian opposition and President Bashar Assad's regime to try to resolve the ...
Belgian prince injured in skiing accident
Belgium's Prince Laurent was injured during a skiing holiday in Austria and remained under observation on Wednesday in a local hospital to monitor ...
Judge approves Transocean's $1B spill settlement
A U.S. judge on Tuesday approved Swiss-based Transocean Ltd.'s agreement with the Justice Department to pay $1 billion in civil penalties for its role ...

Military plane crashes in Yemen, kills 10
A Yemeni military plane crashed Tuesday into a residential neighborhood in the country's capital, Sanaa, killing 10 people and injuring 17, the ...
Czech police suspect victim set off deadly blast
Czech police suspect that a man who died in a powerful gas blast that killed four others deliberately set off the explosion. The blast destroyed a ...

Round-the-world UK cyclists killed in Thailand
A British couple's round-the-world cycling odyssey ended in tragedy when both of them were killed in a road accident in Thailand. Peter Root and Mary ...
Official: Chernobyl safe after structure collapse
An official says a recent roof collapse at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has posed no danger and that work on building a new, safer shelter over ...
Death toll rises to 5 in Czech gas explosion
Officials say the death toll after a powerful gas explosion that destroyed a three-story apartment building in eastern Czech Republic has risen to ...

Series of bombings in Baghdad area kill dozens
Car bombs tore through shopping areas within minutes of each other in mainly Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, killing at least 37 ...
Explosion kills 1 in Czech Republic
A powerful explosion in a three-story apartment building in the Czech Republic killed at least one resident and left five people missing on Sunday, ...
2 magnitude 5 quakes shake southwestern Greece
Seismologists say two earthquakes have struck southwestern Greece, both with preliminary magnitudes 5 but with different epicenters. No injuries or ...

Death toll in Pakistani bombing climbs to 81
The death toll from a horrific bombing that tore through a crowded vegetable market in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood of southwestern Pakistan ...

Russian region begins recovery from meteor fall
As a small army of people worked to replace acres of windows shattered by the enormous explosion from a meteor, many joked on Saturday about what had ...
Quake hits rural area south of Rome
A strong earthquake has rocked a rural area about 80 kilometers (50 miles) southeast of Rome, but authorities say reports from residents indicate no ...