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...

Miami police swooped on the main airport on Friday when screeners detected a suspicious article in a checked...

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in the south of Afghanistan after touching down on...

25 or more people have died in a gunfight between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug gang members near the northern Mexican city of...

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

Two members of Mexico's Congress were among six people killed when their private plane crashed near a popular Mexican Pacific beach resort, officials...

Nine people have died after a light aircraft used for skydiving crashed in New Zealand's South Island, police said on Saturday. Greymouth police Allyson Ealam said the pilot and four men from Fox...

DUBAI // Investigators have so far only found the body of one of two pilots who were on board a cargo plane that crashed inside a military camp in Dubai last night.The General Civil Aviation...

A senior official in Russia's North Caucasus has been injured and his driver killed in a bomb explosion. The Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor-General's Office said that Bekmurza Bekmurzayev,...

The International Court of Justice's (ICJ) long-awaited advisory opinion on Kosovo left unanswered core political questions raised by the 2008 declaration of independence. The court did not address...

It has been almost exactly one year since Moldova's Communist president, Vladimir Voronin, stepped down, and the country's deadlocked legislature has been unable to muster the 61 votes needed to...

Report: Spokesman calls settlers a "legitimate target" and an army with thousands of weapons at their disposal; says the direct talks are a "media...

Smoke rises from the site of a cargo plane crash in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday Sept. 3, 2010. Officials say a UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board has crashed shortly after takeoff...

A suicide bomber perched on the back of a motorcycle killed five Afghan policemen and one civilian in the increasingly violent northern province of Kunduz today. Five other people were...

(CNN) -- Embattled online classified service Craigslist apparently made a change to its website early Saturday, censoring its adult services...

(CNN) -- A United Nations representative on Saturday pleaded for more international aid to help the millions of Pakistanis displaced from flooding that has ravaged the country for more than a...

England manager Fabio Capello hailed Jermain Defoe after the Tottenham striker scored a hat-trick in the 4-0 Euro 2012 qualifying win over Bulgaria.Manchester City's Adam Johnson also scored his...

Northern Ireland boss Nigel Worthington described as "superb" his team's performance in the 1-0 Euro 2012 qualifier win over Slovenia in Maribor.He said: "I thought we played fantastic...

A 13-year-old girl suffered serious burns when a gas cylinder exploded during her birthday barbecue in Wiltshire. A man in his 40s, thought to be her uncle, was also seriously injured in Melksham on...

Firefighters had to rescue a horse and its groom after it kicked its way out of a horse box and into the front cab of the vehicle. The two-year-old colt was trapped in the cab after the incident on...

A father and his 15-year-old son have been killed in a motorbike crash near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. Colin Rafferty, 51, and his son Keir, who was riding as a pillion passenger, were...

An Irish tourist has died in a plane crash in New Zealand. The light aircraft, owned by a skydiving company, crashed soon after taking off from Fox Glacier on the country's South Island at 1330...

Scientists from the US space agency Nasa have advised the trapped Chilean miners to regulate their day and night sleep patterns. A team of four visiting experts said the men should boost their...

The former Pakistan captain, Imran Khan, has said that the International Cricket Council (ICC) was right to suspend the players accused of taking part in a betting scam while an investigation into...

The former Smiths star, a passionate animal rights campaigner, said recent reports exposing the country's treatment to circus animals showed it to be "absolutely horrific". A year-long investigation...

An 18-year-old Victorian man is among nine dead in a plane crash on Fox Glacier, on New Zealand's South Island, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has...

By Moises Avila Roldan Copiapo, Chile - A faster drilling machine was being assembled on Saturday to enlarge an existing supply shaft to 33 Chilean trapped miners, as work on the main shaft...

Sydney - An 11-year-old boy was recovering on Saturday after a sea lion mauled him at a popular Sydney zoo's aquarium show as horrified visitors looked on. The boy, identified by his stepmother as...

New Zealand .The aircraft, carrying a party of skydivers and tourists, crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff from Fox Glacier airport on the west coast of the South Island, police said...

W ELLINGTON, New Zealand — 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...

Ted Kirk draws deeply on his cigarette, rests his elbows on his splayed knees, and takes a long, sad look around. He is sitting in the once cluttered, now scavenged, showroom of his brother Jack's...

Teen actors with the Shadow Company rehearse "Flash!," a Philly Fringe production, on the concourse at Dilworth Plaza. They are (clockwise from left) Thomas Jackson, Emma Harris, Demitre...

The first thing Tatiana Simpson did after her boyfriend proposed to her in a phone call from Iraq was to log on to Facebook. "Right after it happened, I posted. I had to tell them,"...

WELLINGTON (AFP) – Nine people, including four foreigners, were killed when a skydiving plane crashed and burst into flames at a popular New Zealand tourist spot Saturday, officials said. ...

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...

Police confirmed that nine people were killed in a plane crash at Fox Glacier in New Zealand' s South Island on Saturday.The accident happened at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday when the plane, carrying a...

Sep 4 2010 A Briton is among nine people who died when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed and burst into flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps. ...

The breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh says one Azerbaijani soldier was killed today in fighting on the front line of the Armenian-backed region. It says on its army website that soldiers repelled...