International

HOUSTON — Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into the nation's fourth-largest city Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overwhelmed rescuers who could not keep up with the constant calls for help.

YANGON (DPA) – Buses in Myanmar's largest city Yangon are to have female conductors for the first time, to improve the quality and safety of service, officials said Tuesday.

BEIJING (Xinhua) — China on Monday urged the United States to immediately stop its planned arms sales to Taiwan and cease military contact with...

HANOVER, GERMANY (DPA) - Police in the northern German city of Braunschweig cancelled the annual carnival procession shortly before it was due to begin on Sunday over fears of a terrorist attack.

HANOI — Vietnamese authorities have seized 619 kilograms (1,362 pounds) of ivory illegally shipped in from Africa after finding 4 tons at the same port over the past two months, state media and an official said Friday.

WASHINGTON — Some whales are taking jazz riffs to new depths.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer, who admitted overseeing the torture and killings of as many as 16,000 Cambodians while running the regime’s most notorious prison, has died. Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, was 77 and had been serving a life prison term for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

BEIJING (AP) — After a decade in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s shadow, Li Keqiang is taking his final bow as the country's premier, marking...

BEIJING — Asian stock prices sank Monday as Turkey's financial turmoil fueled fears contagion might spread to other emerging markets.   Keeping Score The Shanghai Composite Index...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The New Zealand government declared a state of emergency Tuesday across the country’s North Island, which has been battered...