100,000 households without power in France storm
Nearly 100,000 households were without power in western France on Friday as a storm slammed into Brittany packing winds of up to 140 kilometres (90 miles) per hour.
15 February 2014
Snow storm hits Japan again, grounds over 100 flights
Two people were killed Friday when a fresh snow storm hit Japan, disrupting rail and road travel, grounding more than 100 flights and adding to the piles left behind by an earlier blanketing.
15 February 2014
British princes help flood victims as new storm hits
Britain's Princes William and Harry pitched in to help flood victims Friday as a new winter storm barrelled into the country, causing fresh misery after the wettest start to the year for 250 years.
Students launch fresh protests in Venezuela
About 2,000 students took the streets of the Venezuelan capital to protest the leftist government Thursday, a day after three people were shot dead and dozens injured.
14 February 2014
Indonesia orders 200,000 to evacuate as volcano erupts
Hundreds of thousands of Indonesians were ordered to evacuate and three international airports were closed Friday after a volcano on the main island of Java erupted spectacularly, hurling red-hot ash and rocks.
14 February 2014
Mass power cuts, man dead in storm-battered Britain
Hurricane-force winds from an Atlantic storm left tens of thousands of Britons without power Thursday and one man dead, adding to widespread misery after devastating floods caused by the wettest winter in 250 years.
US sets November trial in Boston bombingsA US judge has set a November trial date for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the chief suspect accused of bombing last year's Boston marathon, killing three people and wounding 260 others.
More bodies unearthed amid Mexico violenceMore than a dozen bodies were unearthed in a troubled region of southwestern Mexico where the military also engaged in a deadly firefight that killed one person.
Lone survivor found as Algeria plane crash kills 77A military aircraft carrying 78 people crashed in Algeria's mountainous northeast on Tuesday, leaving just one survivor in one of the country's deadliest air disasters.
9 years for corruption of minors: Uralsk caseBritish national Peter Baruch, 38, charged with production of child pornography was detained for three days after the Prosecutors lodged an appeal.