Authorities warned residents in Australia's most populous state to flee their homes as firefighters battle dozens of wildfires in what are expected to be dangerously hot and windy conditions Wednesday.
Officials from 11 nations known as the Friends of Syria met Tuesday with members of the Syrian opposition in London. However, despite urging from both the United States and Britain, the Syrian opposition has yet to agree to attend a hoped for conference in Geneva.
Drone strikes are expected to top the agenda when the Pakistani PM and American President meet.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International released joint reports Tuesday documenting dozens of civilian deaths from U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen. The reports challenge assertions by the Obama administration that such casualties are rare and call for official investigations into possible violations of international human rights laws. VOA’s Brian Padden reports.
A thick layer of smog hovered over the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin for a third day, forcing the cancellation of many flights and even the closure of some main highways.
Police clashed with protesters on the streets of Rio de Janeiro as the Brazilian government announced the winner of an auction to develop an offshore oilfield that could hold up to 12 billion barrels.
Lao authorities say they have recovered the bodies of 39 people who were on board a Lao Airlines passenger plane that crashed into the Mekong River on Wednesday. Ten people have not been found.
Choking clouds of pollution have virtually shut down the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin, forcing schools to suspend classes, snarling traffic and closing the airport.
The original 1813 battle is remembered as the greatest battle in world history up to the beginning of the 20th century and included more than 500,000 soldiers from all over Europe.
A truck bomb explosion in Syria's fourth largest city of Hama killed more than 30 people Sunday, as the special envoy of the United Nations and Arab League held talks in Cairo on fixing a date for a long-delayed peace conference.
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