Alaska Airlines knows volcanic ash. Its decades of experience navigating around volcanic eruptions in Washington and Alaska could prove useful as airlines return to Europe's ash-plagued skies.

By REUTERS A Russian human rights group said Wednesday that it had cleared an initial hurdle in its legal fight to declassify documents about a 1940 massacre of Polish officers by Soviet troops that still causes tensions between Russia and Poland.

BEIJING - Earthquake survivors say the Tibetan monks helped first, bringing food, pitching tents and digging through rubble after disaster hit far western China a week ago, killing and injuring thousands.

Iranian Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi says Iran plans to produce missile defense systems similar to Russia's S-300 system.

Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg are once more set to go head-to-head in the second prime ministerial TV debate, focused on global affairs.

BANGKOK—Thailand's government has a new problem as it tries to keep order and avoid violence on the capital's streets: pro-government demonstrators.

The deposed president of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, insisted on Wednesday that he was still his country's legitimate leader, even though he resigned in a handwritten note before going into exile.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych at a news conference in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Vladimir Rodionov/associated Press) By Philip P. Pan MOSCOW -- Ukraine's new president signed a deal Wednesday that allows ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conveyed to the White House this weekend his rejection of a US call for a total Israeli construction freeze in East Jerusalem, calling into ...

April 22 (Bloomberg) -- Margaret McSherry, a 79-year-old widow, keeps giving 7 pounds ($10.85) a week to Holy Family Church in Belfast as the investigation of pedophile priests spreads to three continents.

Somali pirates have seized a Liberian-owned cargo ship with 21 Filipino crew members on board in the Gulf of Aden. According to the European Union's anti-piracy force, the 47183-ton Panamanian-flagged vessel was seized by four Somali pirates carrying ...

The Untied Nations has backed a Bolivian sponsored summit on climate change, with a representative saying that the gathering was a "great opportunity for the UN".

Intelligence officers and prosecutors are on the lookout for any other North Korean spies who disguise themselves as defectors after they on Tuesday arrested two agents who had orders to assassinate a senior North Korean defector here.

TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japan posted a March trade surplus of 948.9 billion yen ($10.19 billion), Ministry of Finance data showed Thursday, below the 1.050 trillion-yen surplus predicted by economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires.

PRETORIA, South Africa - A luxury train filled with foreign tourists, many of them Americans, sped downhill out of control before derailing in South Africa Wednesday, killing a pregnant woman and another crew member and trapping passengers in the ...

Photo: AP Belgian lawmakers are expected to start debate over legislation to ban the face-covering Islamic veil in public spaces on Thursday, a day after French President Nicolas Sarkozy ordered similar legislation in France.

COLOMBO, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Senior Sri Lankan politician Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Jayaratne was sworn in here as the 20th prime minister Wednesday evening before President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

April 21, 2010 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese authorities have reportedly blocked users' access to the YouTube site over a video posted this week showing electoral staff in East Sudan filling out the ballots and putting inside the boxes.

A top US official has warned of serious repercussions for Syria if claims that it supplied the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah with Scud missiles are true.

KABUL -- NATO's acknowledgment Wednesday that the unarmed young men shot to death two days earlier in Khost province were not "known insurgents," as previously alleged, has prompted another military apology and fueled anger over ...