WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The airline operating a flight that crashed into a Pacific lagoon in Micronesia now says one man is missing, after earlier saying all 47 passengers and crew had safely evacuated the sinking plane. Air Niugini said…
PALU, Indonesia --A tsunami swept away buildings and killed at least several hundred people on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, dumping victims caught in its relentless path across a devastated landscape that rescuers were struggling to reach Saturday, hindered by…
UNITED NATIONS -- Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov took aim at President Trump in an address to the General Assembly on Friday, using quotes by former President Harry Truman. Lavrov did not mention Mr. Trump by name, but the attack was…
WASHINGTON -- The State Department says the U.S. consulate in the southern Iraqi city of Basra is being evacuated following attacks blamed on Iran-backed militias. The U.S. embassy in Baghdad will provide full consular services for Basra and the surrounding…
Investigators are trying to figure out how a Boeing 737 missed the runway on a small remote island in Micronesia and ended up in the ocean. Local fisherman were bringing in the day's catch when the 737 went down. A…
This satellite image shows Hurricane Rosa on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2018. NOAA LOS ANGELES — Hurricane Rosa weakened slightly off Mexico's Pacific Coast on Friday and is expected to increase surf and rip currents along the Southern California coast this weekend.…
This satellite image shows Hurricane Rosa on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2018. NOAA LOS ANGELES — Hurricane Rosa weakened slightly off Mexico's Pacific Coast on Friday and is expected to increase surf and rip currents along the Southern California coast this weekend.…
Only in Australia could this feel-good story happen. A golden retriever named Asha is being hailed as a hero after comforting a lost baby koala through the night. Dog owner Kerry McKinnon says she woke up on Monday and found…
A 56-year-old man from Hong Kong has developed the world's first human case of rat hepatitis E, Chinese scientists announced on Friday. Researchers from the University of Hong Kong discovered the case after testing showed abnormal liver function following a…
A Palestinian demonstrator pulls a burning tire during a protest calling for lifting the Israeli blockade on Gaza and demanding the right to return to their homeland, at the Israel-Gaza border fence east of Gaza City, September 28, 2018. MOHAMMED…
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has defrocked the Chilean priest at the center of the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy, invoking his "supreme" authority to stiffen a sentence originally handed down by a Vatican court in 2011. In…
NEW YORK-- Given the Trump administration's goal of a complete, verifiable denuclearization of North Korea during President Trump's first term, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is eager to maintain U.S.-North Korean engagement. As he prepares for upcoming discussions with the…
A map provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the epicenter of 7.5 magnitude earthquake which struck Indonesia on Sept. 28, 2018. USGS Last Updated Sep 28, 2018 7:06 AM EDT JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian officials issued a tsunami warning…
People are evacuated from an Air Niugini plane crashed in the waters in Weno, Chuuk, Micronesia, September 28, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media. James Yaingeluo/REUTERS WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Everybody survived a plane's crash landing in a…
Hurricane Rosa, now a Category 4 storm, churns about 600 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula in the Pacific Ocean, early on Sept. 28, 2018. NOAA/NWS/National Hurricane Center Last Updated Sep 28, 2018 3:53 AM…
Satellite imagery shows Hurricane Rosa in the Pacific (L) and Tropical Storm Kirk in the tropical Atlantic (R) as of Thu., Sept. 27, 2018. NOAA Tropical Storm Kirk dropped heavy rain and unleashed flooding as it passed through the eastern…
A B-52 Stratofortress and F-16 jets taking part in multinational exercises over Jordan in 2015. Jordan Pix, Getty Images BEIJING—China on Thursday labeled a recent mission by nuclear-capable U.S. B-52 bombers over the disputed South China Sea as "provocative," and…
A B-52 Stratofortress and F-16 jets taking part in multinational exercises over Jordan in 2015. Jordan Pix, Getty Images BEIJING—China on Thursday labeled a recent mission by nuclear-capable U.S. B-52 bombers over the disputed South China Sea as "provocative," and…
Tropical Storm Kirk is seen in a satellite image at 9:15 a.m. ET on Sept. 27, 2018. NOAA Last Updated Sep 27, 2018 11:05 AM EDT MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Kirk is on a path to dump heavy rains that…
A man was slapped in the face with an octopus whipped at him by a seal, while he was kayaking in New Zealand. @BareKiwi and @taiyo_masuda A kayaker in New Zealand has become a viral sensation after a seal slapped…
UNITED NATIONS -- Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro showed up unexpectedly at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday to "defend his country" as six nations accused him of crimes against humanity and President Donald Trump hinted at taking military action.…
Ruslan Boshirov London Metropolitan Police MOSCOW -- An investigative group in Britain says it has identified one of the two suspects in the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in the U.K. as a highly-decorated colonel in the Russian military intelligence agency…
A satellite image shows Tropical Storm Kirk as of Wed., Sept. 26, 2018. NOAA Tropical Storm Kirk, which lost strength and had dissipated earlier this week as it crossed the tropical Atlantic, has strengthened and reemerged Tuesday, according to the…
Hurricane Rosa is seen in an infrared satellite image captured at 11:30 a.m. ET on Sept. 26, 2018. NOAA Tropical Storm Rosa became a Category 1 hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast Wednesday morning, forecasters said. It is expected to strengthen…