U.S. financial regulators propose flood insurance changes

WASHINGTON - U.S. financial regulators proposed requiring lenders to accept private flood insurance on Friday as part of rules needed ...

10/11/2013

Brazil investigates Google over antitrust charges

SAO PAULO - Brazil is investigating Google Inc for anticompetitive practices alleged by Microsoft Corp and Brazilian rivals, adding to...

10/11/2013

U.S. major general overseeing nuclear missiles to be fired: official

WASHINGTON - The two-star U.S. general in charge of the Air Force's arsenal of intercontinental missiles will be fired due to "...

10/11/2013

Laptops Snowden took to Hong Kong,Russia were a 'diversion'

WASHINGTON - The four laptop computers that former U.S. spy contractor Edward Snowden carried with him to Hong Kong and Moscow were a "...

10/11/2013

Migrant boat sinks off Sicily,200 people in sea

ROME - A migrant boat has capsized between Sicily and Tunisia and around 200 people are in the sea, an Italian navy spokesman said on Friday...

10/11/2013

Allies worried US turning inward to handle political chaos at home:Analysis

An unmistakable sense of unease is growing in global capitals as the U.S. government from afar looks increasingly befuddled. America is sh...

10/06/2013

Crash of US anti-drug aircraft in Colombia kills 4

An airplane on a U.S. drug surveillance mission crashed in northern Colombia Saturday, killing three Americans and one Panamanian, the U.S. ...

10/06/2013

Expel Berlusconi,Italian Senate group votes

ROME — Italian senators voted to expel Silvio Berlusconi from parliament over his conviction for tax fraud, opening the way for a final...

10/06/2013

Kenya mall attack leader targeted.

Navy SEALs target Kenya mall attack leader in Somalia. MOGADISHU, Somalia — U.S. Navy SEALs carried out a pre-dawn raid Saturday on a c...

10/06/2013

"Blood on brain",rest ordered for Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Doctors ordered a month's rest for Argentina's presiden...

10/06/2013

Senior Al-Qaida militant caught by U.S. in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya — U.S. forces on Saturday captured an al-Qaida leader in Libya linked to the 1998 American embassy bombings in east Africa an...

10/05/2013

Bus plunges down hillside outside Mexico City, killing 14

MEXICO CITY — At least 14 people died on Friday when a bus hurtled down a hillside on the outskirts of Mexico City, ejecting six victims th...

10/05/2013

More remains found at site of cruise ship wreck in Italy

ROME — Divers have recovered what could be more human remains from the sea where the Costa Concordia cruise liner sank last year off the It...

10/02/2013

African dictator's daughter grows up in N. Korea

Monique Macias stands by a N. Korea propaganda sign that reads 'friendship' in Pyongyang in 1982. SEOUL — Monique Macias s...

10/02/2013

Russian embassy in Libya attacked by unknown gunmen

MOSCOW —  Russia's embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli came under fire Wednesday and a group of people tried to force their way in...

10/02/2013

Pakistan's top bomb disposal unit low on money and men.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A technician from Pakistan's top bomb disposal unit packed some aging detonator cord confiscated from the Taliban ...

10/02/2013

World reacts to U.S. shutdown.

If you thought the shutdown debate in the U.S was ugly,just wait until you see the international reactions.  World reacts to U.S. sh...

10/02/2013

4 killed in U.S. drone strike in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Sept. 29 - At least four people were killed in a U.S. drone strike launched in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Wazi...

9/29/2013

Diplomats hail new Iranian attitude in nuke talks

UNITED NATIONS  — European diplomats said Thursday they were pleased by a new tone and attitude from Iran in talks aimed at resolving the i...

9/28/2013

One day,many dead:The start of Kenya mall siege

NAIROBI, Kenya  — It's 1:30 on Saturday afternoon in the Westgate Mall. Rafia Khan is huddling in a crawl space of the Millionaires Cas...

9/28/2013