El Nino-worsened flooding has Somalia in a state of emergency. Residents of one town...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — First, some families fled drought and violence. Now they say they have nowhere to hide from intense flooding as rainfall...
Rescue of 41 workers trapped in a tunnel in India is hindered again in...
NEW DELHI (AP) — The rescue of 41 construction workers trapped nearly two weeks in a collapsed tunnel in northern India has been hindered...
More than 43,000 people went to the polls for a Louisiana election. A candidate...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In the northwest corner of Louisiana, a candidate for parish sheriff demanded a recount Wednesday after losing by a...
Israel unveils what it claims is a major Hamas militant hideout beneath Gaza City’s...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military on Wednesday unveiled what it claimed was a Hamas military facility under Gaza's largest hospital,...
How the hostage deal came about: Negotiations stumbled, but persistence finally won out
WASHINGTON (AP) — The negotiations hardly ran smoothly. But in the end, persistence paid off.Six weeks ago, not long after Hamas killed more than...
Animal welfare advocates file lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s new wolf management plan
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Animal welfare advocates filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to invalidate Wisconsin's new wolf management plan, accusing state wildlife officials of...
Peru lost more than half of its glacier surface in just over half a...
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru has lost more than half of its glacier surface in the last six decades, and 175 glaciers became extinct...
Former Penthouse magazine model sues Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses, saying he raped...
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Penthouse magazine model sued Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose on Wednesday, saying he raped her in a...
Dutch election winner Geert Wilders is an anti-Islam firebrand known as the Dutch Donald...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — He's been called the Dutch Donald Trump. He's been threatened with death countless times by Islamic extremists, convicted of...
Retailers are ready to kick off Black Friday just as shoppers pull back on...
NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers are kicking off the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season on Friday with a bevy of discounts and...
