As natural disaster batter the world's agricultural industry, fears are growing that we may be heading into the dark food crisis days of 2007 and...

Over 200 women and children have been raped by rebels in the Congo in recent weeks, according to UN...

A US cartoonist's attempt to make a statement about the violence in Mexico backfired with his use of the Mexican flag and its national symbol, the Mexican...

Christchurch residents are taking stock of the damage to their city following the major earthquake that struck in the early hours of Saturday morning with local officials calling the lack of fatalities a...

The Peruvian Amazon has suffered a major dry spell with the Amazon River's water levels dropping...

A popular medication for the prevention of osteoporosis doubles the chances of developing cancer, according to a recent UK...

A massive traffic jam has developed in China's Inner Mongolia on the Beijing Tibet Highway just days after another major snarl was...

Mount Sinabung in Indonesia has sent more ash billowing into the air, prompting the evacuation of villagers who'd begun to return to their...

A plane has crashed in the United Arab Emirates in the city of Dubai, killing both pilots of the...

A plane has crashed in New Zealand's South Island killing all nine passengers...

Nine people were killed when a skydive plane crashed at Fox Glacier airport in New...

DRC Plane Crash Kills at Least 19 A small plane crash in Mexico has left six people dead, including two members of the country's Congress.Investigators say Guillermo Zavaleta and Juan Huerta were...

New Zealand 's Southern Alps, killing nine people including four foreign tourists, police said.The plane caught fire after takeoff from an airstrip at Fox Glacier on the country's South Island,...

Zuleyha Ozonder , left, hands out cards explaining Islam to fairgoers as they exit of the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights, Minn. "You just want people to take the card, spend a minute...

Several nongovernmental organizations representing physically disabled people in Almaty have launched a campaign to bring attention to their problems in Kazakhstan's largest city, RFE/RL's Kazakh...

MINSK -- A jailed Belarusian activist's prison term has been shortened by one year, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.Former military officer Uladzimir Asipenka, from the western city of Vaukavysk,...

Facebook page. It would be hard to find someone more concerned with the beauty of a blade than Mr. Ambrosi, whose hands show a fine crosshatch of cuts on top of old blisters and burns. A good knife...

Over the last 10 years, the percentage of Americans who took at least one prescription drug in the past month increased from 44% to 48%, says a federal government...

A hurricane watch has been issued for a stretch of that province from Port Maitland to Point Tupper, and a tropical storm warning is in effect for the entire coast of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward...

Dublin, Ireland (CNN) -- Police made a "small number" of arrests in Dublin where former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to sign copies of his autobiography Saturday, a spokesman...

(CNN) -- Officials declared a state of emergency Saturday after a powerful predawn earthquake struck near Christchurch, New Zealand, sending people into the streets as windows exploded, water mains...

A senior Labour figure has said the home secretary should make a statement to the House of Commons about claims of phone hacking by the News of the World. Leadership hopeful Ed Balls said David...

Mr Karzai has long advocated dialogue with insurgents who renounce violence Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a committee to seek peace talks with the Taliban, his office has said. It...

Hispania Racing's Karun Chandhok is optimistic the Yeongam circuit will be ready in time to host the inaugural Korean Grand Prix on 24 October.Chandhok became the first F1 driver to run on the new...

Police have released the name of a man who was found dead in Armagh city. The body of Kevin Fletcher, who was 32, was discovered at his apartment on Castle Street near the Church of Ireland...

More plans to reduce the number of councillors in Wales have been put forward to create what supporters say would be greater fairness for voters. Boundary commissioners' final proposals for...

Nine people, including four foreigners, were killed when a skydiving plane crashed and burst into flames at a popular New Zealand tourist spot Saturday, in the nation's worst air accident in years. ...

Irish police clash with protesters trying to block the road as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived for a booksigning at the Eason book store in Dublin, Saturday Sept. 4,...

Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key look at a collapsed building in Manchester Street, September 4, 2010 in Christchurch, New...

STACY ANDREWS isn't sure what the Eagles' acquisition yesterday of veteran guard Reggie Wells means for him, but Andrews knows he doesn't like hearing in the media that Wells might take Andrews'...

Most of the full-time toll-takers on the Atlantic City Expressway make $60,000. One-third have seen wage increases of at least 30 percent since 2008, despite a steady drop in travelers paying in...

A South Philly couple is first on their block to install rooftop solar panels. Pennsylvania's "SunshineProgram" offers homeowner rebates and has spurred residential solar installations since its...

SYDNEY, Sept. 4 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING) A light plane carrying skydivers crashed just after taking off Saturday at Fox Glacier on New Zealand's South Island, killing all nine people...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing nine people including four foreign...

Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to get government business after the company faced strong criticism for its conduct...

Obama on Saturday outlined what he's done to help the middle class, a group he says has been squeezed the most during the recession.He touted efforts to create jobs, make college more affordable,...

BP PLC was on Saturday slowly raising the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, careful not to damage or drop a key piece of evidence in the spill...

BISHKEK -- The trial of a Kyrgyz human rights activist accused of involvement in a police officer's killing and other crimes will resume next week, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.Azimjan Askarov, an...

HRODNA, Belarus -- Police have detained and questioned a family in the western city of Hrodna who demanded Belarusian-language instruction at schools, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.Ales Astrouski,...

Authorities in New Zealand have declared a state of emergency after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch, the country's second-biggest city. The powerful quake ripped up roads, damaged...

MOSCOW -- A Moscow court has rejected an appeal by jailed Yukos bosses Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev against an extension of their pretrial detention, RFE/RL's Russian Service...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Kazakhstan's Algha (Forward) and Communist parties have discussed their joint efforts to hold a national referendum on impeaching President Nursultan Nazarbaev, RFE/RL's Kazakh...

DUBLIN — Anti-war protesters hurled shoes and eggs at Tony Blair on Saturday as he arrived for the first public signing of his fast-selling memoir. Scores of demonstrators chanted that Blair...

a Jewish doctor, psychoanalyst, poet and novelist who fled Nazi Germany After the war the mother was regarded with distaste by her Dutch neighbors until Dr. Keilson could make her parentage clear....

Report says an estimated $100m. worth of equipment and weaponry has been approved, after funds were frozen by US in the wake of fatal border clashes with...

Oaxaca (Mexico) At least six people, including two Mexican federal lawmakers and a governor, were killed when their small plane crashed in southern Mexico, the attorney general's office said.The...

A German Islamist held by US troops in Afghanistan and interrogated since July has revealed details of planned attacks on targets in Germany and Europe, a news weekly reported today. Without...

The United States' top military officer stressed today the need for Turkey to help enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran aimed at deterring it from obtaining a nuclear bomb. Turkey...

Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip fired a rocket into southern Israel today, two days after the start of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, causing no injuries or damage, the Israeli military...