Thousands of Romanians in fresh protest against mine projectThousands of Romanians took to the streets on Sunday in a fourth week of protests against a Canadian company's plan to open Europe's largest gold mine in a picturesque Transylvanian village.
24 September 2013
S. Korea urges N. Korea to resume family reunionsSouth Korea on Monday urged North Korea to review its decision to postpone a reunion for families separated by the Korean War, saying it had "deeply wounded" those chosen to participate.
23 September 2013
Mudslide buries village, new hurricane lashes MexicoA resurgent hurricane lashed Mexico's northwest coast Wednesday after twin storms killed at least 80 people nationwide and buried a village under a mudslide, leaving dozens more missing.
Rain hinders search in Colorado floodsTorrential rain grounded rescue helicopters in Colorado for much of Sunday, slowing the search for hundreds of people unaccounted for after massive flooding in the western US state killed six.
16 September 2013
'Italy is not racist,' Africa-born minister saysItaly's first black minister defended her adopted homeland Friday, insisting it is not racist even though she endured a series of racially-charged threats and taunts since assuming her post.
14 September 2013
Thousands flee on third day of Philippine rebel siegeThousands of residents fled as fresh fighting broke out Wednesday between Philippine security forces and Muslim rebels, on the third day of a deadly siege in a key southern city, officials said.
Chile's top court acknowledges Pinochet-era failures Chile's Supreme Court took for the first time Friday recognized its "omissions" during Augusto Pinochet's brutal 1973 to 1990 dictatorship, but it declined to apologize to victims and their relatives.
08 September 2013
Diabetes rises in China, reaching 'alert' levelAlmost 12 percent of adults in China had diabetes in 2010, with economic prosperity driving the disease to slightly higher proportions than in the United States.
04 September 2013
Number of Syrian refugees passes 2 million mark: UNMore than two million Syrians have now fled their war-ravaged country, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday, lamenting the nearly 10-fold increase from a year ago.
UN rights panel urges N. Korea to grant access The head of a UN inquiry into human rights in North Korea appealed on Tuesday for access to the country, even as Pyongyang condemned his commission's work as slanderous and provocative.
28 August 2013
600,000 still homeless after Philippine floods An estimated 600,000 people in the Philippines remained at temporary shelters or with relatives on Friday after days of heavy rain that killed 20.
Bolivian says he's 123, may be world's oldest person Could this be the world's oldest person? Carmelo Flores Laura lives high in the Bolivian mountains, chews coca leaves, cooks on open fires and says he's 123 years old.
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