An official says a crowded bus plunged into a river and killed at least 38 people in a mountainous region in northern India.

Brazilian health officials say a 28-year-old woman miraculously survived after her husband accidentally shot her in the mouth with a harpoon.

Unlike the brilliant thieves in "Ocean's Eleven," it appears that those behind the clockwork-precision, $50 million diamond heist at Brussels Airport may not get a Hollywood ending.

Bangladeshi police say the death toll from the collapse of a building housing five garment factories has passed 800 and is continuing to climb.

Scientists say a disease destroying entire crops of cassava has spread out of East Africa into the heart of the continent and is attacking plants as far south as Angola and now threatens to move west into Nigeria, the world's biggest producer of the potato-like root that helps feed 500 million Africans.

The WWF said in a statement that suspected poachers belonging to the Seleka rebel group have entered one of Africa's most unique elephant habitats in the Central African Republic, and park guards saw them shooting in the direction of elephants.

Rising sea levels are threatening tens of thousands of people living near the coastline in the Caribbean, especially in southern island of Grenada.

An Algeria-based al-Qaida offshoot said in an online video on Tuesday that Muslims have an obligation to attack French interests around the world because of France's military intervention in Mali.

An environmental watchdog group says armed groups and high-ranking officers in the Congolese army are continuing to benefit from the illegal mineral trade in eastern Congo, despite international efforts to clean up the supply chain.

German authorities say they have arrested a 93-year-old alleged former Auschwitz guard who once lived in the United States on suspicion of accessory to murder.

An airport official in the capital of Niger says a military plane from Nigeria has crashed, killing the two people aboard.

The head of fast-growing Qatar Airways says it plans to add Philadelphia to its routes next year as part of alliances with American Airlines and other U.S.-based carriers

Italian state television says Giulio Andreotti, Italy's former seven-time premier, has died at age 94.

Libya's parliament has passed a law that bans government officials who held senior positions under Moammar Gadhafi from holding high-level posts.

The White House isn't commenting directly on Israel's latest airstrikes in Syria. But a spokesman says Israel is "justifiably concerned about the threat posed by Hezbollah obtaining advanced weapons systems."

While the head of the Arab League has appealed for aid to strengthen Syrian rebels trying to bring down Syrian President Bashar Assad, but today he's blasting Israel for carrying out airstrikes on Damascas.

Israeli airstrikes in Syria's capital are raising fears the civil war there could widen into a regional conflict.

It's been a deadly for Americans in Afghanistan.

President Barack Obama says the U.S. places great importance on its trading relationships with Latin America and will keep working to improve those ties and help the region become more competitive.

There are varying reports of exactly how many people were killed in the Syrian town of Banias yesterday, but the incident is prompting an exodus of Sunni Muslims from the Mediterranean city.

The U.S.-led coalition says an Afghan army soldier has killed two international service members in Afghanistan.

A Pakistan police officer says twin blasts in the southern city of Karachi have killed three people near the office of a political party critical of the Taliban.

American officials say Israel launched an airstrike against a suspected weapons site in Syria.

President Barack Obama says he doesn't foresee sending U.S. ground troops into Syria.

Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry has confirmed three more cases of a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing to 10 the number of cases it reported this week, including five deadly ones.