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    • Officials: 23 dead in Russia train derailment7 min ago

      An express train carrying hundreds of passengers from Moscow to St. Petersburg derailed late Friday, killing at least 23 people and injuring dozens of others, emergency officials said.

    • Britain, France back global fund for climate ills14 min ago

      The leaders of Britain and France gave their backing Friday to a global fund that would provide billions of dollars to poor countries to help them reduce the output of greenhouse gases linked to climate change.

    • Abbas says Israeli settlement freeze not enough35 min ago

      Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas dismissed an Israeli plan to halt new construction of West Bank settlements as insufficient on Friday, saying it won't be enough to restart peace talks.

    • Bison return as Mexico releases 23 animals from US52 min ago

      Bison have returned to Mexico for the first time since the 1800s, with Mexican authorities releasing 23 donated U.S. animals in northern Chihuahua state.

    • Jobs, economics complicate Brazil's Amazon fight6:40 PM

      Drawing his .40-caliber pistol, Severiano Pontes dashes across the steaming, muddy jungle floor, a hunch telling him what he would find around a bend.

    • In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth6:33 PM

      Gert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip. Six seals, all killed with a single shot to the head.

    • Costa Rica: Honduras vote must be backed if fair6:08 PM

      Costa Rica promised Friday to restore ties with Honduras if its presidential elections are clean, joining other nations in rejecting ousted President Manuel Zelaya's insistence that recognizing the vote would legitimize a June coup.

    • UN urges equal treatment ahead of Haiti elections5:06 PM

      Haiti's U.N. peacekeeping mission urged local officials Friday to provide a justification for banning 17 political groups from participating in next year's legislative elections.

    • Canadian researcher says arctic ice is thinning4:41 PM

      The permanent Arctic sea ice that is home to the world's polar bears and usually survives the summer has all but disappeared, a Canadian researcher said Friday.

    • 4:24 PM

      Russian news agency reports 22 dead in train derailment.

    • US and China to reduce emissions, but not enough4:13 PM

      Even after the U.S. and China set targets this week for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the world's combined pledges ahead of next month's climate summit fall far short of what experts say is needed to avert dangerous global warming.

    • 9 Saudi soldiers missing along Saudi-Yemen border

      Saudi Arabia says nine of its soldiers fighting Yemeni rebels on the border are missing and the kingdom's monarch is vowing to defend the country.

    • Millions sought in damages in Italy murder case

      A lawyer representing the family of a British college student who was slain in Italy is seeking euro25 million ($37 million) in damages from an American and two other defendants accused in the 2007 killing.

    • Diplomats: Iran censured at UN nuclear meeting

      In a blow to Iran, the board of the U.N. nuclear agency on Friday overwhelmingly backed a demand from the U.S., Russia, China and three other powers that Tehran immediately stop building its newly revealed nuclear facility and freeze uranium enrichment.

    • Iran tells Norway to stay out of Nobel medal row

      Iran summoned Norway's ambassador Friday and said the country had no right to criticize the Islamic Republic for confiscating Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal.

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