Zimbabwe truck crash kills 18
Zimbabwe state radio says 18 people headed home for the holidays died when their open truck veered off a mountain road and plunged into a ravine in ...

Russia, India sign weapons deals worth billions
Russia and India signed weapons deals worth billions of dollars Monday as President Vladimir Putin sought to further boost ties with an old ally.

Floods bash Britain before Christmas holiday
Winds and rain across Britain is spelling a winter washout for many before the Christmas holiday, with rail travel disrupted and several people ...
Yemen court sentences 3 militants to up to 6 years
Yemen's state security court has sentenced three al-Qaida militants to up to six years in prison for planning attacks on security forces, foreign ...
Mozambique highway collision kills 14
Police in Mozambique say 14 people died when a tire burst on a speeding minibus, causing the driver to lose control and collide with an oncoming ...

People flee Japan nuke disaster to faraway Okinawa
Okinawa is about as far away as one can get from Fukushima without leaving Japan, and that is why Minaho Kubota is here. Petrified of the radiation ...
Judge approves settlement in BP class action suit
A federal judge on Friday gave final approval to BP's settlement with businesses and individuals who lost money because of the 2010 oil spill in the ...

Egyptian Islamists, opponents clash ahead of vote
Violence erupted between Egypt's divided camps on Friday, the eve of the final round of a referendum on a constitution that has polarized the nation, ...

55 people drowned or missing off Somali coast
The U.N. refugee agency says 55 people have drowned or are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized off the Somali coast. UNHCR said the incident ...

BAE signs $4.1 billion aircraft deal with Oman
British Prime Minister David Cameron hinted that more U.K. troops could be stationed in the Gulf as he welcomed news Friday that BAE Systems has won ...

Burning pipeline fire sign of Nigeria's woes
The gasoline pipeline burns unstopped near a village close to Nigeria's sprawling megacity of Lagos, shooting flames into the air as leaking fuel ...

All lanes reopen on NY road after auto crashes
All lanes of the Long Island Expressway reopened Thursday following a chain reaction of fiery crashes that killed one person and injured 33 others.

Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012
Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables ...

UN suspends polio drive in Pakistan after killings
The United Nations suspended its polio vaccination drive in Pakistan on Wednesday after eight people involved in the effort were shot dead in the past ...
Carnegie fund mints newest class of heroes
An apartment complex clerk shot in the head. A boy stabbed by knife-wielding men. Teens struggling to stay afloat in the Pacific. An elderly woman ...
Police: 27 killed in north Nigeria traffic crash
Police in northwest Nigeria say 27 people riding atop a truck carrying livestock have been killed when it tipped over and crashed. Sokoto state police ...

Buildings collapse in Sicily, killing 4 residents
Two adjacent apartment buildings collapsed in Palermo, Sicily, killing four residents and injuring 12, and prosecutors are investigating allegations ...
Bus crash in Croatia injures 37 people
Croatian authorities say a bus carrying Bosnian students has swerved off the road and overturned in central Croatia, injuring 37 people. They say the ...
19 people drowned after boat capsizes in Benin
Officials say at least 19 people drowned after a boat capsized on a river near a village in Benin's south. The mayor of the town of Abomey, Patrice ...

Car bomb at US compound in Kabul kills 2 Afghans
A car bomb outside a compound housing a U.S. military contractor in the Afghan capital killed at least two Afghan workers and wounded more than a ...
Russia says Polish crash wreckage to be returned
Russia's foreign minister has promised his Polish counterpart that Russia will return as soon as possible the wreckage from the plane crash that ...
Iraq: Bombs strike disputed northern area, kill 8
Bombings rattled two cities in disputed areas in Iraq's north on Sunday, killing at least eight people and raising concerns that extremists are trying ...
Vukcevic expresses thanks for support after crash
Hoffenheim midfielder Boris Vukcevic has thanked the club and its fans for their support as recovers from a serious car crash that left him with ...
Spanish cyclist Inaki Lejarreta killed in accident
The Spanish cycling federation says former national mountain bike champion Inaki Lejarreta was killed when he was hit by a car while cycling.
Nigeria governor, 5 others die in helicopter crash
A navy helicopter crashed Saturday in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, killing a state governor and five other people, in the latest air disaster ...