At least 56 crew members aboard a Russian fishing trawler died and 13 were missing after the vessel sank in freezing waters off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the western Pacific Ocean early on Thursday, officials in the area said.
A defiant New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez declared that he's "not going anywhere" after he was charged with accepting nearly $1 million in gifts and campaign contributions from a longtime friend in exchange for a stream of political favors.
As the main blast furnace at one of Europe's most polluted steelworks belches its last toxic cloud, activist Fabio Matacchiera was the only one there celebrating.
Huge black and gold sarcophaguses with kohl-rimmed eyes dwarf visitors at Turin's palatial Egyptian museum, which is reopening to the public after a "pharaonic" five-year renovation.
Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and lighter vegetable oils - all genetically engineered - may someday be on US grocery shelves alongside more traditional products.
The arrival of three South African lions at Abidjan zoo to replace those that starved to death during postelection violence in 2010-11 is a sign for many Ivorians that the country is getting back on its feet.
The world's oldest person, a Japanese woman, died on Wednesday, just a few weeks after celebrating her 117th birthday.
Major powers and Iran were closer to a preliminary accord on reining in Teheran's nuclear program as marathon talks ran into Wednesday, but they hit an impasse over key details such as the lifting of UN sanctions and Iran's future atomic research.
Australia's domestic spy agency said it was "pleased" with the recently passed data retention laws that will result in customer call and Internet records being kept for two years, local media reported on Wednesday.
Palestine became a member of the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, with a low-key ceremony at the court's headquarters marking the high-stakes move.
Thousands of Vietnamese workers at a footwear factory were on strike for a sixth day on Wednesday over a social insurance law in a rare challenge to government policy.
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