A car bomb in southern Yemen has killed two people and wounded 13 others, local officials say.
A spacecraft survived the closest encounter ever with a comet on Thursday, tracking it just 435 miles from the comet's nucleus. Mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, broadcast live coverage of the event on
Thousands of Iranians chanted "Death to America" as they staged Thursday a mass protest against the "Great Satan" to mark the 31st anniversary of the capture of the U.S. embassy by Islamist students, as crowds of people hurled eggs and
Australian authorities on Wednesday intercepted two boats near Christmas Island carrying people seeking asylum, bringing the total number of people taken in this year to 5,547, Australia's ABC News reported Thursday. The number of asylum seekers take
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Aid agencies were scrambling Thursday to move as many people as possible into storm shelters as Tropical Storm Tomas approached Haiti with the potential to deal a disastrous blow to a nation still struggling to its feet after a devastating January earthqu
Qantas, Australia's national airline, grounded its Airbus A380 fleet indefinitely after part of a plane's engine cover fell off in flight Thursday. The airline said flights of the twin-deck planes - the world's largest airliners - will rema
At least two people died and another 25 to 30 were missing Thursday after heavy overnight rains caused severe mudslides in parts of Costa Rica, the nation's Red Cross said. CNN affiliate Teletica TV reported that unnamed rescue officials said seven p
Smart trial opens – Opening statements in the trial of the accused mastermind in the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart are expected Thursday. It's been eight years since the Utah teen disappeared from her Salt Lake City bedroom in a crime that shoc