An Italian judge ruled Wednesday that the captain of a cruise ship involved in a deadly accident last year be tried, Italy's state-run ANSA news agency reported....read more

Seven Egyptian soldiers who were kidnapped six days ago in the Sinai Peninsula have been freed, the spokesman for Egypt's armed forces said Wednesday....read more

(CNN) -- Gunmen in Baghdad shot dead at least 12 people in a brothel Wednesday, authorities said. ...read more

Tehran (CNN) -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will challenge the disqualification of his top aide from next month's presidential election, Iran's state-run Press TV reported Wednesday....read more

(CNN) -- The mayor of tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, will push for a law requiring storm shelters or safe rooms in new homes, he told CNN Wednesday....read more

Lawmakers debated legislation to allow same-sex marriage in England and Wales Tuesday, after a rebellion within Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party threatened to derail the bill....read more

The death toll from a tunnel collapse last week at an underground mine training facility in Indonesia has risen to 21 after emergency workers recovered more bodies from the rubble, the mining company said Tuesday....read more

At least 14 people were killed and many more were wounded Tuesday in bombings across northern Iraq, police said. ...read more

The fighting in Syria has taken another dangerous turn, with rebel rockets targeting Hezbollah locations in Lebanon. ...read more

Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburbs....read more