LOS ANGELES- Emergency workers are undertaking a massive effort to rescue stranded residents of Colorado, where devastating flooding has left hundreds unaccounted for. Raging flood waters in the city...

CAIRO- Thousands of Mohamed Morsi's supporters rallied on Friday in Cairo against the military, as supporters and opponents of the deposed Islamist president clashed elsewhere in Egypt. The rallies...

NEW YORK CITY- The tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel awards were handed Thursday to dozens of scientists, including those who confirmed drunk people think they are more attractive and studied the onion enzyme...

ISTANBUL- Turkish police used water cannon and tear gas late Thursday to break up fresh anti-government protests in Istanbul, amid anger over the death of a demonstrator earlier in the week. Officers...

UNITED NATIONS- UN Security Council envoys from Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States held talks Wednesday on the Syrian chemical weapons crisis, but no agreement was reached. "They...

WASHINGTON- A veteran Republican congressman opposed to US missile strikes defended his call Wednesday for a Syrian war crimes tribunal, saying the world should hold that nation's chemical weapons...

CAIRO- Twin car bomb blasts on Wednesday targeting Egypt's army killed at least six soldiers in the restive Sinai peninsula, where the military is battling Islamist militants, officials said....

BERLIN- Somali-born activist and former supermodel Waris Dirie on Wednesday opens a centre in Germany to treat victims of female genital mutilation, which she was subjected to as a child. About 8,000...

BANGKOK, Apilaporn Vechakij- They eat, sleep and raise their children beneath the stage floorboards and when dusk falls Thailand's travelling theatres come to life with ornate costumes, colourful...