PARIS -- In the heart of Paris, a radical experiment in urine management is taking place: new eco-friendly urinals which are prompting titters from some and furious complaints from others. In a city where men are regularly seen urinating on…
An April 16, 2015 file photo shows Sudanese fisherman washing their day's catch by the Nile River bank, in Omdurman, Khartoum, Sudan. AP CAIRO -- Sudan's state news agency says a boat sank while crossing the Nile River, killing at…
A man who was injured in a deadly suicide bombing that targeted a class in a private building in the Shiite neighborhood of Dasht-i Barcha is placed in an ambulance in western Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 15, 2018. AP KABUL, Afghanistan…
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A Taliban assault on two adjacent checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed at least 30 soldiers and police, officials said Wednesday, as life gradually returned to normal in parts of the eastern city of Ghazni after a massive…
Firefighters and rescue workers stand next to a part of the collapsed Morandi Bridge in the port city of Genoa, Italy, Aug. 14, 2018. REUTERS GENOA -- Residents of the northern Italian city of Genoa awoke Wednesday to a new…
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey announced Wednesday that it is increasing tariffs on imports of certain U.S. products as a local court denied an American pastor's appeal to be released from house arrest -- both moves which could escalate a feud…
LONDON -- British authorities said they are considering turning the area around Parliament into a pedestrian zone to prevent future vehicle attacks as police searched three properties for clues about the motivation of a man who plowed into cyclists and…
LONDON — London's mayor is urging residents and tourists to remain calm and vigilant following the latest terror attack in the city. The driver of a car injured three people before crashing into barricades near Parliament. A security camera captured…
GENOA, Italy — A bridge, more than half a century old, suddenly collapsed in Genoa, Italy, on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people. Experts told CBS News the bridge's design was vulnerable, and that it needed an overhaul that went…
A newspaper blurb published in a 1912 mentions a link between burning coal and a warmer Earth. An Aug. 14, 1912, blurb in the New Zealand newspaper Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, reads, "The furnaces of the…
A newspaper blurb published in a 1912 mentions a link between burning coal and a warmer Earth. An Aug. 14, 1912, blurb in the New Zealand newspaper Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, reads, "The furnaces of the…
QUITO, Ecuador -- At least 24 people were killed and another 19 were injured when a bus careened into another vehicle at high speed and overturned on a highway near Ecuador's capital Tuesday, officials reported. It was the second highway tragedy…
A screengrab from Chile's Tele13 channel shows emergency services outside the Santa Maria nursing home in Chiguayante, southern Chile, where a fire left 10 elderly women dead early on Aug. 14, 2018. Tele13 SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chilean authorities say that…
A screengrab from Chile's Tele13 channel shows emergency services outside the Santa Maria nursing home in Chiguayante, southern Chile, where a fire left 10 elderly women dead early on Aug. 14, 2018. Tele13 SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chilean authorities say that…
LONDON -- London's Metropolitan Police said Tuesday that a man was under arrest on suspicion of terrorism after driving through a group of pedestrians and then ramming a gate outside the Houses of Parliament in the British capital. Police said…
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban overran a base in northern Afghanistan, killing 17 soldiers, even as Afghan forces battled the insurgents for the fifth straight day in the eastern provincial capital of Ghazni on Tuesday, trying to flush them out…
Although Turkey's currency rose Tuesday, the war of words with the U.S. that helped trigger the crisis continues. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that his country would boycott U.S.-made electronic goods, including iPhones. That follows President Donald Trump's threat last week…
A large section of an elevated highway is seen missing after a collapse in Genoa, Italy in this photo posted on social media by Italian police, Aug. 14, 2018. Italian police handout MILAN -- The Italian news agency ANSA says…
Police and emergency services are seen outside the perimeter of the British Houses of Parliament (right) in London on Aug. 14, 2018, after a man was arrested for driving his car into one of the gates. The car that crashed…
NEW YORK (AP) - Aretha Franklin is seriously ill, according to a person close to the singer.
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan forces battled the Taliban in a key provincial capital for the fourth straight day on Monday, following a massive assault on the eastern city last week that overwhelmed its defenses and allowed insurgents to capture several…
Police investigators inspect the seafront platform in Vigo on August 13, 2018 after a section of a wooden promenade suddenly collapsed with people watching a rap artist just before midnight on Sunday. AFP MADRID -- An oceanside boardwalk collapsed during…
In this handout photo provided by the Ministry of Unification, South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-Gyon (2nd R) shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Ri Son Gwon (2nd L) after their meeting on August 13, 2018 in Panmunjom, North…
21 Photos This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian White Helmet civil defense workers extinguishing a fire at the scene of an explosion…