BERLIN - The Iranian scientist who was allegedly abducted by the United States arrived in Tehran Thursday, state media reported.
MELBOURNE - A 23-year-old Indian student was hunted before being robbed, bashed and left unconscious at a telephone booth in Melbourne by a group of three youngsters, an Australian court has heard.
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations is investigating the alleged involvement of its two peacekeepers in a sexual abuse case in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a UN spokesman said.
NEW ORLEANS — Oil giant BP started shutting off the flow of oil through a new cap on its busted well Wednesday, possibly coming within hours of stopping the gusher for the first time since April.
AG: Firms other than BP could be liable for spill
Flight instructor, 2 brothers die in Texas crash
Suit filed seeking more details on dispersants
SANA’A - At least 15 people were killed after torrential rainfall triggered flooding and landslides in different parts of northwest Yemen Wednesday, police said.
Tug pilot in deadly Pa. boat crash is off water
US-South Korea military exercises still planned
Explosion at Pittsburgh-area coke plant hurts 17
BP will begin testing new cap over Gulf oil leak
Rubio calls federal oil spill response “abysmal”
Foes tell nuclear regulator to shutter Vt. plant
Arab TV airs video of Times Square car bomber
Packers’ Woodson and 15 others escape house fire
Explosion at Pittsburgh-area steel plant hurts 17
Oil leak closes part of Canada-US Seaway
MONTREAL — A section of the St. Lawrence Seaway remained closed Wednesday by an oil leak that occurred when a Canada Steamship Lines vessel ran aground near the Cote Sainte-Catherine lock, just south of Montreal.
Summary Box: Wheat prices surge on weather woes
Crews battle fast-growing range fire in SE Idaho
Wheat prices surge on global weather problems
As hostage, officer saw Colombia rebels decline
House panel seeks to ban BP from offshore drilling
Police say gas cans, wires in NJ car not a bomb
Panel set to hear more testimony on Gulf rig blast
Crews battle 170-square-mile fire in Idaho
NJ cops: Car with gas cans, wires didn’t have bomb
Brothers collide in head-on crash in Oregon
Afghan attacks kill 8 US troops in 24 hours
Accused ‘Barefoot Bandit’ has US court appearance
Fed paints weaker picture of growth and employment
SHILLONG - Two bodies, including that of a college student, were found at two separate locations in this Meghalaya capital, police said Wednesday.
LUCKNOW - After remaining elusive for over three weeks, one of the four prisoners who had escaped from the Mathura jail has been nabbed in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district, officials said Wednesday.
BP: Unsure well will be capped after feds object
SURAT - The lure of winning a Rs.100 bet made a labourer eat a dead snake but the decision, taken under the influence of alcohol, landed him in hospital in Gujarat’s Surat city, a doctor said Wednesday.
Prosecutor accuses hotel heir wife in Fla. death
Chevron cited for oil spill in Salt Lake City
3 officers plead not guilty in Katrina shootings
Setback: BP cap in limbo over gov’t questions
Feds: Accused NY killer also killed in Fla.
