Britain's air force has helped rescue around 200 people stranded by rising floodwaters caused by torrential rainfall in a tourist region of northern England.

A humanitarian group says formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins separated this week will remain in the group's care for at least two years.

A spectacular rescue of a otter stuck behind some decommissioned refrigerators of a grocery store in the Black Sea resort of Mamaia.

A Russian shipping company says one of its cruise ships carrying over 100 tourists, scientists and journalists is stuck in the ice around Antarctica.

British police say a United Airlines pilot who failed a breat test has been charged with having too much alcohol in his system.

Scientists say they've discovered a new dinosaur species in South Africa that may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land.

The death toll from a Pacific tropical storm has risen to 87 in Vietnam today, even as authorities speed up rescue and relief operations.

Iran's state news agency says an earthquake has injured at least 700 people in the country's south.

President Nicolas Sarkozy's son has won a post on the board of the organization that runs France's most important business district after cries of favoritism forced him to withdraw his bid for the top

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the U.S. will never accept a nuclear North Korea.