
No new funds needed for Okla. tornado recovery
Top lawmakers and officials said Tuesday that the federal government has plenty of money on hand to pay for recovery efforts in the wake of the ...

Top officials call to overhaul euro institutions
Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region ...

Merkel, Hollande at odds over Europe's way forward
Germany and France recognize that their cooperation is key to overcoming Europe's persistent economic crisis, but comments Thursday by the leaders of ...

Spain, Italy team up to demand crisis relief
The premiers of Spain and Italy teamed up Monday to push the eurozone to focus more on spurring economic growth instead of just reducing debt — a move ...
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 ...

Greek bill opens way for civil service layoffs
Greece's Parliament approved an emergency bill Sunday to pave the way for thousands of public sector layoffs and free up 8.8 billion euros ($11.

Iceland opposition poised to win general election
Five years after Iceland's economic collapse, early returns signaled that austerity-weary voters are favoring the return of a center-right, ...

UN: Crisis in Greece weakening human rights action
Greece is falling behind on its human rights obligations, a senior U.N. investigator warned Friday, and he strongly criticized the "excessively rigid" ...

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 ...

US doubles aid to Syrian rebels, who want more
The United States said Sunday that it will double its non-lethal assistance to Syria's opposition as the rebels' top supporters vowed to enhance and ...

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 ...

Concordia ship owner seeks victim status in wreck
The owner of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia asked a court on Monday to consider it a victim of the disaster, saying it too wants to seek damages for ...

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 ...
Poll: Germans back Merkel's crisis management
A new poll shows Germans widely approve of Chancellor Angela Merkel's crisis management following a bailout deal for Cyprus, suggesting it remains a ...

Argentine politicians jeered as flood toll hits 57
Argentine police and soldiers searched house to house, in creeks and culverts and even in trees for bodies on Thursday after floods killed at least ...

Myanmar communal unrest threatens reforms
Few imagined Myanmar would embrace democracy when the U.S. began its historic engagement with the military regime. The country's rapid changes were ...
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 ...

Cyprus talks to continue; no deal yet
Cyprus officials and international representatives ended torturous negotiation in the early hours of Sunday with no agreement on a plan to raise money ...

Cypriot officials: Plan B drawn up to get bailout
Searching for a way out of a crippling financial crisis, officials in Cyprus on Wednesday pursued a new bailout strategy that could include a loan ...
EU makes important step toward banking union
The European Union on Tuesday cleared a major legal hurdle toward establishing a full banking union to stabilize its financial system, just as ...

Hungary: Snowstorm strands thousands in their cars
A snowstorm in Hungary brought drifts 10 feet (3 meters) high and violent gusts of wind, forcing thousands of people to spend the night in their cars ...

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 ...