A wind-whipped wildfire roared through a Northern California town still recovering from a devastating blaze nearly a year ago, destroying more than 100 homes and forcing thousands of people to flee,...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 14 August...

An incident on a beach on the French island of Corsica on Saturday sparked clashes that left four people injured and three cars burnt out. Witnesses said the brawl between locals and a party of...

While fears of the Zika virus have kept some people away from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, for residents of one Russian town the more mosquito bites the better. At this weekend's Russian...

A British man was fatally stabbed and another Briton wounded during a pre-dawn knife attack at Cyprus' coastal resort of Ayia Napa, Cypriot police said Sunday. The two Britons, both 22, were...

The man who attacked passengers on a crowded Swiss train with a knife and burning liquid died of his wounds Sunday, as did one of his victims, a 34-year-old woman, Swiss police said. Three others...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 13 August....

As the Louisiana floodwaters swallowed Lyn Gibson's two-story home, she hacked away on a hole near the roof, desperately trying to get to safety. She used a saw, a screwdriver and her...

The leader of a New York City mosque and a friend were fatally shot in a brazen daylight attack as they left afternoon prayers Saturday. Police said Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, and...

Police in Switzerland say a Swiss man set a fire and stabbed people on a train in the country's northeast, wounding six people as well as himself. Police in St. Gallen canton (state) say the...