Updated: 12:46 AM Algeria: 32 militants killed along with at least 23 hostages...

Posted: 9:41 PM Algeria's response to the hostage crisis at a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert is typical of its history in confronting terrorists, favoring military action over negotiation.

Posted: 4:03 AM NASA is teaming up with the European Space Agency to get astronauts beyond Earth's orbit.

Updated: 7:18 AM An Algerian security official says the government is in talks with the United States and France over whether an international force can help in a standoff with Islamist militants who have taken dozens of foreigners hostage in a natural gas complex deep in the Sahara.

Updated: 4:18 AM Police say two people were killed when a helicopter crashed during rush hour in central London after apparently hitting a construction crane on top of a building.

Updated: 7:16 AM Northern Spain experienced heavy snow fall on Monday (January 14) and Tuesday (January 15) which caused several road blockages and led to a number of schools being closed.

Updated: 7:17 AM A local train derailed at high speed at an end station and crashed into a nearby residential building at around 0130 GMT on Tuesday morning (1/15) --2030 EST Monday night-- in the Swedish capital of Stockholm injuring one person.

Updated: 7:14 AM A Boeing 787 made an emergency landing Wednesday, January 16, at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan. The emergency landing was made after smoke appeared in the cabin.

Updated: 7:18 AM The official Olympic torch for the 2014 Sochi winter games and the outfit to be worn by participants in the torch relay were unveiled in Moscow on Monday.

Updated: 7:20 AM Hundreds of Mexico City residents left their trousers at home on Sunday (January 13) to participate in the annual "No Pants Subway Ride."

Updated: 7:21 AM Russian opposition activists gathered in central Moscow on Sunday for a march against the "Dima Yakovlev law" banning the adoptions of Russian children by US families.

Posted: 11:13 PM Air pollution in Beijing goes off the index... France ups terror threat level after Mali strike... Hundreds of French troops drive back Mali rebels... French commando killed in Somalia hostage raid... Syrian army advances in strategic Damascus suburb as rebels gain ground in the north... Italy consul in Benghazi fired on, not injured... Arsonists target home of gov't spokesman's brother...

Posted: 11:07 PM Officials are now looking at September as the probable date to remove the ship...

Posted: 1:44 PM President Barack Obama says the U.S. role in Afghanistan will shift to a support role later this spring and he will soon get recommendations from his top military advisers on U.S. troop drawdowns.

Updated: 7:15 AM The new five euro bank note is "state of the art in terms of security and technology," the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi said during an unveiling ceremony in Frankfurt on Thursday (January 10).

Updated: 7:16 AM Two Swiss trains collided on Thursday (January 10), injuring 17 people, none of them seriously, and closing the line near the German border, police said.

Updated: 7:16 AM The worst snowstorm in 20 years brought Jerusalem to a standstill on Thursday (January 10).

Posted: 10:26 AM Legislators in Kenya have voted themselves a hefty pay package in a late-evening vote on the last day of session before national elections.

Updated: 10:23 AM An international consortium developing a major natural gas field in the Caspian Sea has agreed in principle to acquire 50 percent of the company operating the Nabucco pipeline, a major project to bring gas to Europe.

Updated: 7:14 AM The pace of deadly fires in Australia has eased slightly-- but officials say that the threat is not over yet.

Updated: 7:16 AM A European space telescope has captured new images of the huge asteroid Apophis, revealing that the potentially hazardous object is actually bigger than previously thought - and you have a chance to see the space rock yourself in two free webcasts tonight (January 9).

Updated: 7:23 AM A trainee pilot has been praised for his cool handling of an emergency landing of his light plane, after a wheel fell off.

Updated: 7:22 AM Unusually heavy winter rains forced the closure of main access routes to Tel Aviv on Tuesday (January 8), causing gridlock in and around Israel's commercial capital, authorities said.

Updated: 7:08 AM Four horses ran wild against traffic on the national highway in Nuevo León, Mexico.

Updated: 7:21 AM Asian stocks cooled off today as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies.