The Regina Seaways ferry, operated by Danish ferry company DFDS, is seen in a file corporate photo. DFDS COPENHAGEN -- Danish ferry operator DFDS says that 294 passengers have been stranded after one of its ships had an engine breakdown…
PALU, Indonesia -- Indonesian authorities were still desperately working on Tuesday to get food and other aid to victims of the devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck last Friday. Drone video has revealed the widespread destruction from the twin natural…
An image provided by the Royal Academy of Sciences on Oct. 2, 2018, shows the winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics, from left to right: American Arthur Ashkin, Frenchman Gerard Mourou and Canada's Donna Strickland. Royal Academy of…
A 2014 file photo shows suspected Al-Shabab militants captured during an attack on an African Union base in Mogadishu, Somalia. AP JOHANNESBURG -- The U.S. military says it has conducted an airstrike that killed nine al-Shabab extremists after its fighters attacked…
PHOENIX -- After soaking northwestern Mexico with heavy rains as it neared the Baja California Peninsula, reportedly claiming at least one victim, Tropical Storm Rosa is expected to drench the U.S. Southwest. From Arizona to Utah, some residents filled sandbags…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on his country's nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 3, 2017. KCNA/REUTERS SEOUL, South Korea -- A top South…
President Trump offered his condolences to the people of Indonesia Monday following a devastating 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that left hundreds dead. The death toll is expected to rise and could reach into the thousands as rescuers start to…
President Trump offered his condolences to the people of Indonesia Monday following a devastating 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that left hundreds dead. The death toll is expected to rise and could reach into the thousands as rescuers start to…
A man surveys damage caused by an earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. A 7.5 magnitude quake struck the region at dusk Friday, September 28, 2018, creating a tsunami that swept waves ashore, reaching…
This Oct. 13, 2016, file image shows the USS Decatur operating in the South China Sea. Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Quinlan/U.S. Navy A U.S. Navy cruiser had an "unsafe" encounter with a Chinese ship while conducting a freedom of…
CANBERRA, Australia -- A South Pacific airline announced Monday that a passenger died when a plane crashed into a Pacific lagoon in Micronesia last week. Air Niugini had initially said all 47 passengers and crew had survived when a Boeing…
Last Updated Oct 1, 2018 11:10 AM EDT MEXICO CITY -- Tropical Storm Rosa neared Mexico's Baja California on Monday, spreading heavy rains that were projected to extend into a drenching of the Southwest U.S. Forecasters said the rain may…
SEOUL, South Korea -- Seoul said on Monday that the rival Koreas had begun removing mines and other explosives at two sites inside their heavily armed border as part of their recent tension-reduction steps. They will likely end up pulling…
High waves splash a pier at Aki Fish Port as Typhoon Trami approaches on September 30, 2018 in Aki, Kochi, Japan. Asahi Shimbun/GETTY TOKYO -- A powerful typhoon ripped through Japan on Sunday, forcing cancellations of flights and trains, including…
First lady Melania Trump heads for Africa on her first big solo international trip, aiming to make child well-being the focus of a five-day, four-country tour that will take her to every corner of the vast and impoverished continent. Departing…
Members of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine sit in front of a screen displaying James P Allison (L) and Tasuku Honju, the winners of the 2018 prize, during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden,…
PALU, Indonesia -- A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims began Monday for hundreds of bodies in the hard-hit city of Palu, as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster grew increasingly desperate. The…
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Monday it launched ballistic missiles into eastern Syria, targeting militants the force has blamed for a recent attack on a military parade in Iran. The launch was the Islamic Republic's second such…
TORONTO -- The U.S. and Canada announced late Sunday night they had reached a deal for Canada to stay in the North American trade pact with the United States and Mexico. The word came from United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and…
PALU, Indonesia — Rescuers struggled to reach victims in several large coastal towns in Indonesia that were hit by an earthquake and tsunami. On Sunday, authorities feared that the death toll of more than 800 confirmed dead would rise. With…
Team Europe's Tommy Fleetwood celebrates with spectators after winning the Ryder Cup in Guyancourt, France, on Sept. 30, 2018. CHARLES PLATIAU / REUTERS SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — The Ryder Cup is heading back to Europe. The home team secured the victory when…
SAO PAULO -- Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets Saturday in protest against the presidential front-runner, a far-right congressman, Jair Bolsonaro, whose campaign has exposed and deepened divisions in Latin America's largest country. In Sao Paulo, Rio de…
ROME -- Pope Francis on Saturday asked Catholics to pray for the protection of the church from "attacks by the devil" -- and to pray that the church becomes more aware of its quote "guilt, errors and abuses." The pope…
(CBS News) - A 56-year-old man from Hong Kong has developed the world's first human case of rat hepatitis E, Chinese scientists announced Friday.