Floods kill 175 across South Asia

KATHMANDU - Monsoon floods and landslides have killed at least 175 people across Nepal, India and Bangladesh, officials said on Monday. But they fear that figure could rise sharply as rescuers search for dozens believed lost under mud and in submerged villages.

Wildfires rage in southern Europe

ATHENS - Hot and dry weather has stoked another round of wildfires burning across southern Europe as firefighters in Greece, Portugal and the French island of Corsica struggled to corral the flames.

'Comfort women' statues take their seats for bus project

SEOUL - Five buses in the South Korean capital have started carrying "comfort women" statues to remind people of the trauma suffered by women and girls who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese before and during World War II.

'Big Ben' bell to fall silent for four years

LONDON - The "Big Ben" bell in the British parliament's famous clock tower will cease its regular bongs at noon on Aug 21, falling silent for most of the next four years while renovation works are carried out, the House of Commons said on Monday.

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Kenyatta harvests grassroots rewards

NAIROBI - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta won reelection in last week's vote largely due to an enhanced grassroots campaign strategy and gains from the east African country's infrastructure development, experts said on Saturday.

Vote gauges appetite for Fernandez return

BUENOS AIRES - Argentines voted on Sunday in a closely watched midterm primary election that will test their appetite for bringing back former president Cristina Fernandez.

Countries join to condemn Trump's military threat against Venezuela

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Latin American countries have strongly condemned the United States' threat of military intervention against crisis-stricken Venezuela.

Looters swoop after load falls from ship

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Enterprising thieves near Sao Paulo used small boats to raid dozens of containers that fell from a Brazilian cargo ship containing everything from bicycles to electronics.

Hospital crisis claims 60 children's lives

NEW DELHI - India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh has suspended the head of a hospital where at least 60 children died, while the federal health minister on Sunday vowed action against the culprits, as state and hospital officials traded blame over funding matters.

Emergency teams battle oil spill off Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY - Emergency workers are battling to contain an oil spill near a joint Kuwaiti-Saudi oilfield in the Gulf, an official said on Sunday.

Attack helicopters declared 'unsafe'

CANBERRA - The Australian government said on Sunday that it would "actively monitor" a situation involving its 22 Tiger attack helicopters, after the maker Airbus Helicopters declared all variants to be in an unsafe condition.