A police official says two British men have drowned after their raft overturned and capsized in a river in southern India.

The visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Myanmar on Sunday is the latest sign that India now believes it needs to assert its presence in its eastern neighbor.

Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq has paid tribute to the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak and vowed not to try and "recreate" the old regime.

The president of troubled Spanish lender, Bankia, says the bank will emerge as a solid financial entity that will not need further recapitalization after it receives (euro) 19 billion ($23.8 billion) in state aid it has asked for.

Hurricane Bud has weakened to a Category 2 storm in the Pacific as it approaches Mexico's coast.

A privately bankrolled spacecraft is getting ever closer to the International Space Station for a historic docking Friday.

Bud has turned into a major hurricane off Mexico's Pacific Coast.

Janet Jackson, Alec Baldwin and Adrien Brody have brought a touch of Hollywood glamour to the south of France for amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS gala.

A tropical storm warning has been issued for the coast of Mexico as Hurricane Bud gains strength in the Pacific.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Bud has formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico.

Despite favorable conditions, Tropical Storm Bud in the Pacific has yet to strengthen.

Activists and state media say a bomb has exploded in the Syrian capital, killing at least five people.

Yemeni officials say 20 soldiers died when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a military parade drill in the capital Sanaa.

A French prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by former IMF chief and one-time French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

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A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off Chile's southern coast, but the authorities say it wasn't felt on land and discounted the possibility of a tsunami.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is skeptical that Iran will agree to halt its nuclear program.

Tropical Depression Aletta hangs on despite high shears and dry air. Meanwhile, another potential tropical disturbance is developing in the Pacific.

A rocket has lifted off in Japan in the country's first commercial launch of a foreign satellite -- one from South Korea designed to monitor the environment.

Aletta has weakened to a tropical depression as it swirls far out over the Pacific.

A Russian-made Soyuz craft carrying three astronauts has docked with the International Space Station, putting the crew in place for the imminent arrival of the first ever privately owned cargo ship to the orbiting lab.

Tropical Storm Aletta is weakening is it spins far out over the Pacific.

Twenty years after the opening shots of the Bosnian War, former Bosnian Serb military commander Gen. Ratko Mladic has gone on trial at a UN tribunal on 11 charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Ex-News of the World editor and News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks says she and her husband will face charges over Britain's tabloid phone hacking scandal.