Posted: 5:07 PM Hurricane's Sandy forces the cancellation of hundreds of flights from Europe to the U.S.

Posted: 8:14 AM Protests have resumed in an eastern Chinese city where thousands of residents clashed with police while demonstrating over the proposed expansion of a petrochemical factory.

Posted: 8:11 AM Iraqi authorities say twin bombings near a market southeast of Baghdad have killed three people and wounded eight others.

Posted: 8:10 AM A rights group says two Tibetan cousins have set fire to themselves in their village to protest Chinese rule, bringing the total number of self-immolations this week to seven, the highest since the protests began last year.

Posted: 8:07 AM An emergency official says an explosion has struck a Catholic church holding mass in northern Nigeria, injuring worshippers.

Posted: 7:56 AM Supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner has finally come home after his death-defying, record-breaking leap from the edge of space.

Posted: 7:54 AM The Vatican is again opening the door to a group of breakaway traditionalist Catholics, saying patience, perseverance and trust are necessary to end a quarter-century of schism.

Posted: 7:51 AM Five schoolchildren were killed when the truck carrying them home from school fell off a mountain road in western China, state media said Saturday.

Posted: 7:48 AM The leader of al-Qaida has urged Muslims to kidnap Westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists.

Posted: 6:58 PM A suicide bomber struck outside a mosque packed with senior regional officials today in northern Afghanistan.

Posted: 9:32 PM State TV's nightly newscast says nine of the deaths were in Santiago province in eastern Cuba, which is home to Cuba's second largest city.

Posted: 6:59 PM Silvio Berlusoni says he won't run for a fourth term as premier in spring elections.

Posted: 6:58 PM The official says the man, known only by his first name, Hazem, recently returned from Libya.

Posted: 6:57 PM Hurricane Sandy's howling winds and rains lashed precarious shantytowns, stranded travelers and caused rivers to rise dangerously Wednesday.

Posted: 8:41 PM The Commission, the EU's executive arm, adopted an amending budget Tuesday. It must now be approved by the Parliament and the 27 EU national leaders.

Posted: 8:39 PM Four top Italian disaster experts have quit their jobs, saying the convictions of several former colleagues for failing to adequately warn of a deadly 2009 earthquake means they can't properly perform their duties.

Posted: 8:38 PM Sandy is expected to dump at least 10 inches of rain in parts of Jamaica.

Posted: 8:37 PM The town lies along the main highway between Aleppo and the capital, Damascus.

Posted: 8:35 PM It is the latest in a series of economic reforms under President Raul Castro.

Posted: 6:27 AM Back-to-back bombings and a string of shootings have killed at least 17 people in Iraq.

Posted: 6:05 AM Syria's pro-government Ikhbariya TV and an official say an explosion has hit the Old City quarter of Bab Touma in Damascus, killing at least one woman and wounding dozens of other civilians.

Posted: 6:02 AM Traffic wardens say a bus carrying women in southwest Nigeria crashed and plunged off a bridge into a river, killing at least 12 people.

Posted: 6:00 AM A rights group says another Tibetan has set himself on fire while shouting slogans calling for the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet.

Posted: 8:54 AM A shocking photo of firefighters and civil defense personnel holding down a young, bound bear and pulling its ears has sparked outrage in Mexico and prompted fines for those involved.

Posted: 8:52 AM Lebanon's prime minister says the deadly car bombing in Beirut has links to the civil war in neighboring Syria.