Search for survivors after deadly Italy bridge collapse, govt blames operator

GENOA, Italy - Rescuers searched for survivors amid the debris of Italy's bridge collapse on Wednesday as the death toll climbed to 39 and the government blamed the bridge's operator, demanding resignations and moving to strip its toll concession.

Police carry out raids after terror crash, name suspect

British police have searched two addresses in the city of Birmingham and another in Nottingham in the aftermath of the attempted terror attack in Westminster in London on Tuesday morning.

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Red Cross: 40 children killed in Yemen airstrike

SAADA, Yemen - Forty children were among 51 people killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen, the Red Cross said in a new toll on Tuesday.

UK slips as top spot for world leaders

A new survey has revealed that the UK is no longer the most popular place of education for the world's political leaders.

South Korea bans driving BMWs under recall due to fires

SEOUL - South Korea will ban driving recalled BMWs that haven't received safety checks following dozens of fires the German automaker has blamed on a faulty exhaust gas component.

Firefighters gain on major California blazes as heat wave breaks

LOS ANGELES - A break in the brutal heat wave that has baked California for much of the summer gave firefighters a chance to attack a string of major wildfires across the state that have killed eight people and destroyed thousands of homes.

More than 370 people injured in promenade collapse at music festival, officials say

MADRID - Panic erupted at a packed seaside music festival in northwest Spain when part of a wooden promenade suddenly collapsed, injuring more than 370 people, nine of them seriously, officials said on Monday.

Iran rules out negotiations with US

Preconditions from Iran and the United States make it unlikely the two countries will return to the negotiation table, said Chinese experts, after Teheran reiterated its firmness in not talking with Washington.

Taliban offensive makes key Afghan city a 'ghost town'

KABUL, Afghanistan - Hundreds of people have fled four days of fierce fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban over the key provincial capital of Ghazni that has killed about 120 security forces and civilians, the defense minister and witnesses have said.

Turkey crisis risks military ties with ally

ANKARA - The crisis in US-Turkish relations, which already has put Turkey's economy under massive strain, also risks souring military ties between the two NATO allies, unleashing unknown geopolitical consequences.

Man held after 'terror attack' near Houses of Parliament in London

A man in his twenties has been arrested in London on suspicion of terrorism offenses after a car crashed outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster on Tuesday morning, in what police are describing as a terrorist incident.