Elvis guitar fetches $334,000 at auction

A guitar given to Elvis Presley by his father in 1969 went under the hammer for $334,000 in New York during an auction that also saw a Michael Jackson vest fetch $256,000.

Plane wreckage found near Alexandria

Egyptian air and naval forces have found some of the passengers' "personal belongings" and debris of EgyptAir Flight MS804, which crashed while carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo, the army said on Friday.

Former Marine admits to strangling woman

A male civilian working for the US military arrested for dumping the corpse of a Japanese woman in her twenties admitted to strangling her, local police officials said on Friday, sparking a torrent of fury from the Japanese government toward the United States just one week before US President Barack Obama is scheduled to make a visit to Hiroshima.

500,000 flee homes as flood misery worsens

Desperate Sri Lankans clambered onto rubber dinghies and makeshift rafts on Friday to flee their homes in the flooded capital Colombo as officials said half a million people had fled their homes across the island.

Defense minister resigns in spat with Netanyahu

Israel's defense minister announced his resignation on Friday, citing a lack of "trust" in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after reports that he is soon to be replaced.

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Next stop on Rome's new underground: Hadrian's barracks

Frescoed barracks which once housed the cavalry of the Emperor Hadrian's bodyguard have returned to light 19 centuries on, during excavations for a new underground train line in Rome.

Poll shows strong support for paid family leave

Time off from work to care for a child or relative is codified in federal law. Now, an overwhelming majority of US citizens who are 40 and older want that time away from the job to be paid.

Landslides: 'All I could do was scream'

Death toll is likely to rise sharply, as authorities begin to give up hope of reaching the trapped

Rescued Chibok girl to meet Nigerian leader; hopes raised for other captives

A Nigerian schoolgirl rescued after two years of being held captive by Boko Haram militants will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday amid hopes that she can help shed light on the whereabouts of more than 200 other missing girls.

Paris police protest 'anti-cop' violence

Protesters in Paris attacked a police car with two officers inside with iron bars and set it alight in a dramatic unleashing of new anti-police violence, as officers across France took to the streets to denounce violence they say has been repeatedly directed at them.

Train brings water to a drought-hit region

Many trains pull into Latur's railroad station, but none is as eagerly awaited as the train that pulls into the parched town in the dead of the night.