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Balkans region hit by worst drought in decades
Wildfires are destroying forests, rivers are being reduced to a trickle, crops are wilting on the scorched farmland and electricity supplies are ...
The attraction and risks of hot air balloons
The hot air balloon that crashed in Slovenia was one of the largest of its kind in the world. Tourists who are willing to pay more than $100 each to ...
Thousands of Afghan refugees in limbo in Pakistan
Abdul Karim walked for nearly 12 hours to cross the border into Pakistan and escape the warlords who were raining rockets on his neighborhood in the ...
Turkey probes possible Iran link in bombing
Turkey has said it is investigating whether another country, possibly Iran, was involved in an explosion that killed nine people near Syria earlier ...
Official: nuke plant flaws different from 1979
Cracks in the steel reactor vessels of two nuclear plants in Belgium were found in 1979, three years before they came online, but they are unrelated ...
Uganda faces pressure to pull troops from Somalia
A Ugandan activist group is threatening demonstrations if the country's military doesn't withdraw its troops from Somalia, where they form the bulk ...
Pakistan summons US diplomat to protest drones
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has summoned a senior U.S. diplomat to protest recent drone strikes targeting militants in the country's northwest tribal ...
German state cracks down on neo-Nazis
More than 900 police officers raided homes and clubhouses of suspected neo-Nazis in a crackdown in a western German state on Thursday, seizing ...
Naked prince pictures raise security questions
They were embarrassing, silly, and raunchy. But were they a security breach? A day after nude photographs of Prince Harry ricocheted across the ...
Pakistan: 26 die from heavy rains, flooding
Pakistani officials say heavy monsoon rains that triggered flooding in the country's north have caused at least 26 deaths. An official at the State ...
Lawyer: Breivik won't appeal if declared sane
Anders Behring Breivik's defense lawyers say the confessed mass killer won't appeal if he's sentenced to prison but he will challenge any ruling that ...
Tropical Storm Isaac takes aim at Hispaniola
Tropical Storm Isaac took aim at the Dominican Republic and Haiti Thursday and it was expected to gain strength after drenching tiny islands in its ...
Report: Greece ready to cash in on islands
Afraid of investing in Greek bonds? Invest in a Greek island instead. Greece's prime minister is quoted Thursday in an interview in France's Le Monde ...
In Venezuela race, Chavez has apparent money edge
Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles typically runs his presidential campaign by jogging through Venezuela's small towns, reaching out to supporters ...
UK retailers are among the losers during Olympics
A business survey suggests that British retailers were among the losers during the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Confederation of British Industry's ...
Burton's 'Frankenweenie' to open London Film fest
London Film Festival organizers say this year's event will open in October with Tim Burton's canine monster movie "Frankenweenie." The animated ...
Zimbabwe prime minister's party dismisses poll
The Zimbabwe prime minister's party says a new opinion poll reflecting a surge in support for President Robert Mugabe's party was skewed by a "margin ...
Australia PM denies wrongdoing over '95 union fund
Australia's leader denied she personally benefited from helping a boyfriend set up a union fund 17 years ago, comprehensively addressing the scandal ...
Jordan pulls 3 squad members out of Paralympics
Jordan pulled three squad members accused of sexual assault in Northern Ireland out of the 2012 London Paralympics on Thursday, sports officials in ...
Germany posts budget surplus for year's 1st half
Official data show that Germany posted a budget surplus for the first half of this year thanks to its strong labor market, even as other eurozone ...
Al-Qaida claims deadly summer attacks in west Iraq
Al-Qaida's front group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for dozens of deadly attacks in the Sunni-dominated western Anbar province this summer.
Moroccan police break up protest of royal tribute
Moroccan police have violently broken up a protest demanding more political freedoms and denouncing an annual ceremony honoring the king. Dozens of ...
Senegal, AU seal deal on ex-Chad dictator trial
Senegal and the African Union have finalized a deal on how to try a former Chadian dictator who is accused of ordering thousands of political ...
5 soldiers, 16 rebels killed in clashes in Turkey
Turkish media says Kurdish rebels ambushed a military convoy in southeast Turkey, setting off clashes that killed 16 militants and five soldiers.
Russia: West 'instigating' Syrian opposition
Russia accused Western powers Wednesday of "openly instigating" Syrian opposition groups to take up arms in their fight to unseat President Bashar ...