
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 ...
Turkey: Missing fighter jet crashed
Turkish officials said Monday that a missing fighter jet crashed and its fuselage and debris have been found in a mountainous area close to the border ...

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 ...

Icy Arctic rising as economic, security hot spot
The icy Arctic is emerging as a global economic hot spot — and one that is becoming a security concern for the U.S. as world powers jockey to tap its ...
Search ends for 2 Australians lost off cruise ship
Two Australians plunged off a cruise ship into the ocean despite higher-than-required railings to prevent accidental falls, the cruise company said ...

Bangladesh factory collapse death toll hits 1,034
The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on Friday, ...
Lithuania lawmaker wanted for questions is missing
Lithuanian authorities have formally launched a search for a lawmaker wanted for questioning in relation to a deadly pedophilia scandal that has ...

7 dead, 2 missing after ship crashes in Genoa
Italian prosecutors placed the captain of the Jolly Nero cargo ship under investigation Wednesday for alleged manslaughter after his vessel slammed ...

Bangladesh garment disaster death toll reaches 761
The death toll from a collapsed building housing five garment factories rose to 761 on Wednesday as authorities started disbursing salary and other ...

22 dead in gas tanker explosion near Mexico City
A natural gas tanker truck lost control, hit a center divider and exploded on a highway lined by homes in the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec early ...
2 bodies found amid search for 5 French off Malta
Authorities recovered two bodies Tuesday during a search for five French yachters who went missing off the Mediterranean island, the Maltese ...
Bangladesh garment accident death toll passes 700
Hundreds of survivors of last month's collapse of a building housing garment factories in Bangladesh protested for compensation Tuesday, as the death ...

US military plane carrying 3 crashes in Kyrgyzstan
An American military refueling plane carrying three crew members crashed Friday in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the Central Asian nation where ...
Authorities comb woods near bomb suspect's college
Federal, state and local authorities are searching the woods near the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth campus as part of their investigation of ...

Bittersweet end for missing in Bangladesh collapse
As Farida knelt beside the linen-wrapped body and looked at the dress that she herself had purchased, her sobs of sorrow turned to tears of painful ...
430 dead so far in Bangladesh building collapse
Rescuers found more bodies in the concrete debris of a collapsed garment factory building Thursday and authorities say it may take another five days ...

Search suspended for British man in Pacific Ocean
Rescue crews have stopped searching for a British man who fell overboard from a troubled sailboat in the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Coast Guard says the ...

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 ...

St. Lucia police detail rescue after boat sinking
A boat captain and his first mate swam through dangerous waters for nearly a day before they were rescued after a sinking that was also survived by ...

Toll in Bangladesh building collapse climbs to 275
"Save us, brother. I beg you, brother," Mohammad Altab moaned to the rescuers who could not help him. He was pinned between slabs of concrete in the ...

149 die, more cry for help at Bangladesh collapse
Workers trapped in the wreckage of a collapsed factory building in Bangladesh cried out for help Thursday, as rescuers struggled to reach survivors ...

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 ...

Family: 24-hour delay to report US pilot missing
The family of a U.S. missionary pilot who has disappeared off the coast of West Africa says aviation officials waited nearly 24 hours to start ...