The reigning Miss England has relinquished her crown after being accused of a fight in a bar.

The 69-year-old watchman couldn't swim so when Tropical Storm Mirinae sparked a flash flood he ran, shimmied up a tree and hung on — for three nights and two

The Taliban is claiming to hold the bodies of two drowned coalition soldiers on Friday, Sky News reported.

The reigning Miss England has relinquished her crown after being accused of a fight in a bar.

Two NATO soldiers are missing in western Afghanistan from a routine resupply mission, the alliance said Friday.

The U.N. nuclear watchdog has asked Tehran to explain evidence suggesting that Iranian scientists have experimented with an advanced secret nuclear warhead design, according to a

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that a U.S.-brokered pact failed to end a four-month political crisis after a deadline for forming a unity

The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier

A bride and groom were shocked to discover that their wedding cake was actually fake. The Daily Mail reports that Aimee and Tony West were cutting into their

The United Nations said Thursday that it will send more than half its international staff either out of Afghanistan or into more secure compounds following

An employee operating a forklift inside a liquor warehouse in Russia had a big "whoops." A security camera captured the forklift plowing into a shelf, causing

Ida has been downgraded to a tropical storm, weakening as it dumps heavy rains over Nicaragua.

Hurricane Ida has been downgraded to a tropical storm as it heads into Nicaragua Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center, Reuters reported.

Ever since Al Shabaab insurgents seized the southern Somali port of Kismayu, Sacdiyo Sheeq, 25, can no longer listen to her favorite Bollywood songs on her cell phone, Reuters

Toyota said Thursday it returned to a profit in the latest quarter as government incentives boosted sales, leading the world's largest automaker to trim its projected red ink for

Israel said Thursday that the arms seized in its largest-ever haul would have given Hezbollah firepower to bombard the country for a month and urged the world

The United Nations said Thursday that it will send more than half its international staff either out of Afghanistan or into more secure compounds following

Three doctors and a nurse have been arrested for allegedly selling newborns after telling mothers their babies had died at a private hospital in Mexico City, authorities said

A New Zealand mayor is being criticized for suggesting that "problem parents" should be paid not to have children.

A judge in a Winnipeg, Canada, granted bail to a 12-year-old boy on the condition that he surrenders his Wii game console.

An elderly British couple who wrote a letter to the BBC criticizing UK laws on assisted suicides have been found dead at their home.

CAIRO (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on Wednesday, saying

TOKYO (AP) — Exactly a year after Barack Obama was voted to replace him as president, George W. Bush was in Japan on Wednesday talking about his former life —

SYDNEY (AP) — In the world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection is, apparently, prostitution, according to an Australian study published Wednesday.

A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral.

Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah

The U.S. expressed "disappointment" over the kidnapping convictions of 23 Americans, Reuters reported.

DEVELOPING — Central Israel's terror alert was lowered on Wednesday, minutes after it had been raised it to its highest level after fears of a possible infiltration by a

Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters Wednesday in the streets of a key militant stronghold, officials said, as government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the

A moderate earthquake hit southern Iran early Wednesday, injuring 269 people and cutting power and telephone lines, state radio reported.

A British soldier who had defused 64 roadside bombs in Afghanistan was killed during his last mission, a day before he was set to return home.

An 11-year old Bulgarian girl gave birth to a baby girl after going into labor on her wedding day, according to The Daily Telegraph.

Claude Levi-Strauss, widely considered the father of modern anthropology for work that included theories about commonalities between tribal and industrial

Scientists from several countries have confirmed that a 35-mile-long rift in the desert in Ethiopia will eventually become a new ocean, according to

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is hosting a summit with European Union leaders on a range of issues, including climate change, economic management

KABUL (AP) — Afghanistan's president welcomed his re-election by default Tuesday and reached out to opponents, promising to create an inclusive government and

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is giving Congress a vivid picture of the life she led as a child in a subjugated East Germany, saying she is thrilled to speak

British police have released new age-enhanced pictures of Madeleine McCann as part of a fresh appeal for information.

Somali pirates who kidnapped a British couple last month are preparing to defend their hostages from Islamist extremists, who they said were heading to the

A British Army explosives specialist who became a legend by risking his life to defuse more than 60 Taliban roadside bombs was killed in Afghanistan during his final mission

Women faced their share of trouble at the Tower of London, including three queens who were beheaded there.

North Korea said Tuesday that it has completed reprocessing thousands of spent nuclear fuel rods to extract plutonium to bolster its atomic stockpile

The United States embarked on a new policy of engagement with Burma on Tuesday, sending two senior diplomats for the highest-level visit in more than a decade.

Re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed on Tuesday to include all Afghans in his new government to be formed after a disputed election process ended with the withdrawal of

A British man's love for his wife could kill him. That's because he breaks out into a rash if he gets too close to her.

China had a snow day on Sunday, all in the name of a drought. The Wall Street Journal reports that meteorologists seeded clouds with 186 doses of silver iodide

A 10-ton fishing boat capsized after its crew attempted to haul in a net full of large jellyfish off the eastern coast of Japan.

A civilian passenger riding in a South African Air Force plane accidentally activated the ejector seat while reaching for something to steady himself during a

A passenger enjoying a civilian joyride accidentally cut the trip short when he ejected himself from the plane after grabbing the eject lever while trying to brace himself.

KABUL (AP) — Afghanistan's election commission has canceled Saturday's presidential runoff and proclaimed President Hamid Karzai victor of the war-ravaged

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber killed 30 people outside a bank near Pakistan's capital Monday, as the U.N. said spreading violence had forced it to pull out some

Israeli authorities have arrested a Jewish-American extremist who confessed to killing two Palestinians and bombing the home of an Israeli professor in a series of high-profile

An envoy tells the Associated Press that Iran wants to buy reactor fuel, suggesting it's not ready to ship out enriched uranium.

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says Iran conveyed its stand to the International Atomic Energy Agency two days ago.

North Korea pressed the United States to accept its demand for direct talks on the communist regime's nuclear program, warning Monday that Pyongyang "will go our own way" unless

German plastic surgeon Reza Vossough got married with the intent of turning his bride into the ideal wife. Five years later, he says he has created his perfect

The world's largest cruise ship cleared a crucial obstacle Sunday, lowering its smokestacks to squeeze under a bridge in Denmark.

Thousands of ethnic Albanians braved low temperatures and a cold wind in Kosovo's capital Pristina to welcome former President Bill Clinton on Sunday as he

An official says 25 people are missing and 15 have been rescued after a boat sank in remote waters far off the Australian coast.

The average fine for possessing crack cocaine and heroin in the UK has fallen below the cost of a parking ticket, according to the Telegraph.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in this North African city early Sunday for a series of meetings with Arab leaders to discuss Middle

President Hamid Karzai's challenger withdrew Sunday from next weekend's runoff election, effectively handing the incumbent a victory but raising doubts about

Saudi authorities have announced the discovery of large quantities of weapons in the capital Riyadh belonging to Al Qaeda terror network.

Thousands of ethnic Albanians braved low temperatures and a cold wind in Kosovo's capital Pristina to welcome former President Bill Clinton on Sunday as he

An elderly kidney patient was locked in the back of an ambulance for five hours after the driver forgot about him and clocked off duty.

Hundreds of people on any given day will die, develop the paralyzing Guillain-Barre syndrome or have spontaneous abortions, and that doesn't necessarily mean that their swine flu

A British nuclear expert who fell out of the 17th floor of a United Nations building did not commit suicide, says a doctor who carried out a second autopsy, according to the

Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday compared the power of Iran's enemies to a "mosquito," saying Iran now deals with the West over its nuclear activities from

The Vatican condemned the celebration of Halloween as "anti-Christian" and "dangerous" on Friday because of its links to the occult.

A source says six Chinese Muslims who had been detained at Guantanamo Bay have arrived in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau for resettlement.

U.S. hopes of reviving Mideast peace talks appeared shaky Saturday after a senior Palestinian official said the Palestinians are unlikely to resume

A naturist retreat in England has the neighbors complaining they are seeing more of the guests than they want to.

Captors of a 79-year old Irish missionary kidnapped in the southern Philippines have released a video in which the priest says his abductors are demanding $2

Afghan intelligence had advance information that a Taliban attack was in the works in Kabul before a deadly assault on a U.N. guest house and ramped up

Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah plans to boycott next week's runoff against incumbent Hamid Karzai following a breakdown in talks on how to

Suspected Taliban militants set off a roadside bomb that killed seven paramilitary soldiers Saturday in a rugged tribal region of northwestern Pakistan as government jets pounded

Officials say no indication of hazardous material was found and they are not sure what caused the fainting. Police say the incident was not suspicious.

Iran's senior lawmakers have rejected a U.N.-backed plan to ship much of the country's uranium abroad for further enrichment.

Talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and challenger Abdullah Abdullah have broken down, and Abdullah may pull out of next week's presidential runoff,

The world's largest cruise liner on Friday began its maiden voyage to Florida, gliding out from a shipyard in Finland with an amphitheater, basketball courts and an ice rink on

The world's largest cruise liner on Friday began its maiden voyage to Florida, gliding out from a shipyard in Finland with an amphitheater, basketball courts

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came face-to-face Friday with Pakistani anger over U.S. aerial drone attacks in tribal areas along the Afghan

The BBC says Somali pirates have called the broadcaster to demand $7 million in return for releasing a British couple whose yacht was hijacked off the coast of

A number of analysts are convinced that photos released of North Korea's leader Kim Jon Il are not really of the dear leader — but rather a strikingly good

Italian prosecutors have released a video of a gangland-style slaying on a Naples street in May in hope of finding the killer.

Iran must stick by a deal that would limit its uranium enrichment if it wants to improve relations with the European Union, EU leaders said Friday.

A judicial official says former French President Jacques Chirac has been ordered to stand trial in an alleged corruption scandal dating back to his 1977-1995 tenure as Paris

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit off Japan's southern coast Friday, according to Japan's Meteorological Agency.

Dutch scientists ignited a controversy Friday by suggesting that children would be better off skipping the seasonal flu vaccine this year — a proposal flatly

Representatives of ousted President Manuel Zelaya and Honduras' interim government signed an agreement late Thursday that could open the way for Zelaya's

Most of the U.N.'s international staff in Afghanistan were ordered to stay home, a day after militants stormed a residential hotel housing U.N. employees, killing five of them,

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that Pakistan squandered opportunities over the years to kill or capture leaders of the al-Qaida

A 19-year-old folk musician dies after being attacked by two coyotes

Soldiers battling their way into a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border seized passports that may be linked to 9/11 suspects, as they confront an enemy skilled in operating

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that Tehran will not give up its nuclear program, but noted that the West and Iran are now cooperating — remarks that appear

Syrians are proud of the fact that Christians and Muslims have traditionally lived together in harmony in Syria.

A British man has told how armed Somali pirates kidnapped him and his wife as they slept aboard the yacht they were sailing in the Indian Ocean, according to

Iraq announced the arrests of dozens of military and security personnel over the attacks on government buildings in Baghdad that killed 155 people, the Iraqi