International

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) -- Residents in a central Florida community watched anxiously on Tuesday after two holes opened in the ground, including one that swallowed a car, forcing six families to evacuate their homes. The first of the two…

London (CNN) -- The Rosetta mission to land a probe on Comet 67P is past the point of no return, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Wednesday. "There is no going back now," the agency said after the spacecraft's lander was…

SAO PAULO (AP) — Police hunted Monday for the driver of a car that ploughed at high speed into a group of churchgoers as they stood on a sidewalk after a service. At least 15 people were injured — including seven children. Police said late…

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- At least 57 people were killed and 20 others injured Tuesday when a bus collided with a truck in southeastern Pakistan, authorities said. The bus was carrying passengers from Swat district in the Khyber…

POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) -- A suicide bomber disguised in school uniform detonated explosives at a high school assembly in the northeastern Nigerian city of Potiskum on Monday killing at least 48 students, according to survivors and a morgue…

(CNN) -- First, a 20-year-old Israeli was stabbed Monday at a bus stop in Tel Aviv. Then, three Israelis were stabbed at a hitchhiking post near the entrance to a settlement in the West Bank, police said. One of the three, a 24-year-old…

New York (AP) -- The number of potential successors for the top spot at PepsiCo is thinning as yet another highly regarded executive announced his departure. Zein Abdalla, named president of the company just over two years ago, will retire…

Johannesburg (Reuters) -- Oscar Pistorius' lawyers have formally opposed an appeal by the state against the South African athlete's culpable homicide verdict and five-year jail sentence handed down last month, prosecutors said on Friday.…

Kano, Nigeria (AFP) -- A bomb concealed in a black plastic bag killed several people at a cash point in north Nigeria's Bauchi state on Friday near the scene of a recent bus station attack blamed on Boko Haram, witnesses said. Multiple…

London (CMC) -- The international human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has warned that the “appalling” ruling by the Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court that could lead to the country’s withdrawal from the Inter American…

Washington, United States (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama is seeking more than US $6 billion in emergency funding to fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and respond to cases in the United States, a White House official said…

San Francisco (AP) -- Microsoft is releasing new, beefed-up versions of its popular Office software apps for iPhones and iPads, part of the company's push to stay relevant to workers in an increasingly mobile world. It's also working on…

Fort Lauderdale, Florida (AP) -- Despite being charged with violating a new ordinance by feeding the homeless in South Florida, 90-year-old advocate Arnold Abbott said he's not deterred and even went back out for another feeding at a public…

Colon, Panama -- Passengers travelling aboard the Coral Princess on Tuesday were treated to a memorable sight for the Panama Canal’s 100th anniversary. They witnessed one of the huge new rolling gates, stacked on a barge, making its way…

Seoul, South Korea (AFP) -- Appliance and cellphone company, LG Electronics, said Wednesday it had signed a long-term cross-licence deal with Google as the South Korean firm tries to expand its smartphone business. The deal covers patents…