The death toll from devastating flooding in Brazil continued to rise Sunday, surpassing 600, the state-run Agencia Brasil news agency reported.

Jean-Claude \"Baby Doc\" Duvalier, Haiti\'s former dictator, returns unexpectedly to the country after some 25 years in exile. He arrives as the nation is grappling with a crisis sparked by fraud allegations in a presidential election.

Chinese President Hu Jintao this week will lay out his vision for U.S.-Chinese relations based on strategic mutual trust, state-run media reports, amid recent hints of Washington\'s frustrations with Beijing.

The death toll from flooding in the Philippines has climbed to 47, the country\'s national disaster agency said Sunday.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A House committee has asked the Homeland Security Department to provide documents about an agency policy that required political appointees to review many Freedom..

Nearly three years after agreeing to a deal ending a tense -- at times violent -- stalemate, Hezbollah\'s leader on Sunday stood by his party\'s decision this week to withdraw from Lebanon\'s unity government and refused to back Prime Minister Saad Hariri\'s bid to stay in power.

BOSTON (AP) - The father of the youngest victim of the Arizona massacre says some of her organs have been donated to a young girl in the Boston area. John Green tells The Boston Gl..

Ireland\'s Prime Minister Brian Cowen, facing growing rancor in his country over a controversial bailout package, will announce Sunday evening whether he will seek re-election.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The NFL is helping craft legislation in states around the country that would protect young athletes from the devastating long-term effects of concussions.Omaha S..

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian state television says diplomats have toured the country's main uranium enrichment facility. Tehran hopes the visit will bolster its assurances that its ..

TERESOPOLIS, Brazil (AP) - A break in the rain is allowing helicopters to deliver badly needed food and water to remote areas of Brazil that have been cut off by mudslides.Once the..

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) - A gunbattle is under way around the presidential palace in Tunisia as the army and police struggle to restore calm in the country.Two residents say presidenti..

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The co-founder of the Tucson Tea Party is worried about the threats he is receiving, including the remark he says a shooting victim made to him at a televised ..

NEW YORK (AP) - Friends and family members of a Portuguese journalist who was slain in New York City have scattered his ashes down a Times Square subway grate. A funeral was held i..

Final preparations are being made for the funeral Monday of slain Irish newlywed Michaela Harte-McAreavey.

Recovering from flooding in northeastern Australia will be a \"reconstruction task of post-war proportions,\" a top official in Queensland state said Sunday.

Tunisia\'s parliament speaker assumed the interim presidency Saturday and the country\'s former longtime leader took refuge with his family in Saudi Arabia in an upheaval driven by days of angry street protests.

The death toll from flooding caused by torrential rains in Brazil\'s Rio de Janeiro state rose to 591 people Saturday, Brazil\'s official news agency reported.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities say one of the victims of the shooting rampage in Tucson has been arrested after he threatened a tea party leader during a town hall meeting for a ..

Iran\'s acting foreign minister touted a tour by international dignitaries of its nuclear facilities as a sign of Tehran\'s goodwill and transparency, state-run media reported, although none of those visitors came from the U.N. Security Council and other countries that have taken issue with its program.