NEW DELHI - When a cloudburst wreaked havoc in Leh last week, actress Priyanka Chopra watched with alarm for news of a stupa and a market where she had played as a child. And sure enough, they too were gone. Now the top Bollywood actress is reaching out to people in the region in all possible ways.

WASHINGTON - The US assistance to the flood-affected areas of Pakistan has totalled $76 million, the State Department said.

Colo. amusement park stays closed as authorities investigate what caused small train to derail

NTSB: Investigators finish much of crash site work; focus on interviews and bringing in plane

Bizarre Pa. collar bomb case set for October trial despite suspect’s cancer diagnosis

Contractor cleans up after asphalt tanker spill along northern New Mexico river

19 killed in Nigerian building collapse

ABUJA - At least 19 people were killed when a three-storey building collapsed in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, police said Thursday.

APNewsBreak: Alabama attorney general sues BP, Transocean over Gulf oil spill despite governor

Prosecutors seek rare federal death penalty in Ohio fire that killed woman, 8 kids

Enbridge continues work on proposal to restart oil pipeline that spilled into Michigan river

Car bomb hits office district in Colombia’s capital, damaging 30 buildings and injuring 9

NTSB: Investigators finish crash site work; focus now on interviews and bringing in plane

War-crimes trial of youngest Gitmo detainee opens with tape showing him making bombs

Pressure tests under way to determine if BP’s broken well in Gulf of Mexico is already plugged

Officials testing seal at BP’s busted Gulf well

Wheat prices surge as Russia’s drought woes drag down global production estimates

Wheat prices jump as weather hurts crop production

At least 1,123 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,123

Small plane crashes in remote Oregon, killing Calif. horse breeder and architect friend

Small plane crashes in remote Ore., 2 men killed

Oil-free Florida Panhandle preps for Obamas weekend vacation in Republican stronghold

Florida Panhandle preps for presidential visit

2 missing miners feared dead at Nevada gold mine after accident in ventilation shaft

2 missing miners feared dead at Nevada gold mine

British police officers face trial on assault charges

LONDON - Four British police officers will go on trial charged with assaulting a terrorism suspect during an arrest seven years ago, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Thursday.

Agriculture Department says US corn and soybean production on track for record year

USDA: US corn, soybean headed for record year

Flying in Alaska is a way of life, exposing residents to crashes

Alaska plane crash rate far exceeds nat’l average

Prosecutors seek rare federal death penalty in Ohio fire that killed mom, 8 kids

Rare federal death penalty sought in Ohio fire

Feds say Utah bus operator in crash that killed Japanese tourists wasn’t properly licensed

Feds: Utah bus company wasn’t properly licensed

Two run over by train in Ghaziabad

GHAZIABAD - Two people were killed when a train hit their vehicle while it was crossing the Delhi-Moradabad railway track near Masuri in this Uttar Pradesh district Thursday, police said.

Seven girls rescued from red light area

MEERUT - Seven teenaged girls, four hailing from Nepal, were rescued from a red light area in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district Thursday, police said.

Ex-money manager who faked his own death agrees to plead guilty to securities fraud in Indiana

Ex-money manager to plead guilty to Indiana fraud

NASCAR owner Jack Roush out of Minn. hospital, 2 weeks after being injured in Wis. plane crash

NASCAR’s Roush out of hospital after plane crash

Magnitude-7.1 earthquake shakes Ecuador; little damage or injuries reported

Magnitude-7.1 quake shakes Ecuador

QUITO, Ecuador — A powerful earthquake shook the South American nation of Ecuador on Thursday, but there were only scattered reports of damage or injury.

Army rescues over 170 foreign tourists in Ladakh

JAMMU - The Indian Army has so far evacuated over 170 foreign tourists who were camping in western Ladakh and were stranded when the area was cut off by floods caused by the cloudburst in Leh last week, an army officer said Thursday.

Flooded Iowa city warns residents to use bottled water as it tries to repair burst pipes

Iowa city resigned to bottled water after floods

Sinking of Russian submarine taught Putin value of controlling TV, projecting his authority

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Afghan, US officials: Insurgency rising in eastern Afghanistan, boosted by foreign fighters

Foreigners boost insurgency in eastern Afghanistan

BP agrees to pay $50M in OSHA fines over fatal 2005 Texas refinery explosion

BP agrees to pay $50M for Texas refinery penalties

Man kills daughter for talking to ‘disliked relative’

GREATER NOIDA - A father shot dead his 16-year-old daughter for talking regularly, on her mobile phone and despite several warnings, to a distant relative he did not like, police said Thursday.

Polish bishops, president try to calm passions over memorial cross

Polish leaders try to calm passions over cross

Wildfires spread in Portugal’s national parks amid hot, dry weather

Wildfires spread in Portugal’s national parks

Ind. filing: Ex-money manager, pilot Schrenker to plead guilty to securities fraud

Schrenker to plead guilty to Ind. securities fraud

Police smiled while I was abused: Indian cabbie in Australia

MELBOURNE - An Indian taxi driver says police just smiled as they listened to his passengers racially abusing him outside a police station in Australia.

Pakistan’s prime minister says more aid needed as extent of Pakistani floods becomes clear

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Gujarat cop moves court against FIR in 26-year-old case

GANDHINAGAR - Additional Director General of Police Kuldip Sharma Thursday moved the Gujarat High Court seeking to quash a first information report (FIR) registered by the state police accusing him of murder in a gunfight in Kutch district 26-years ago.

British airport workers vote in favor of strike that could close Heathrow, other airports

British airport workers vote for strike

LONDON — Workers at airport operator BAA have voted in favor of strike action that could close Britain’s major airports this month.

Apex court gives CBI three months in Sohrabuddin probe

NEW DELHI - Rejecting the contentions of senior counsel Ram Jethmalani, the Supreme Court Thursday gave another three months to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to complete its probe into the larger conspiracy in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case including the killing of his aide Tulsiram Prajapati.

Car bomb in Colombian capital injures at least 9; officials suspect rebels

Car bomb in Colombian capital injures at least 9

Over 3,000 Indian prisoners in Gulf countries

NEW DELHI - A total of 3,095 Indians are serving jail sentences in the six Gulf countries, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi informed parliament Thursday.

Bermuda man was apparently trying to rescue his dogs when he died in fire

Bermuda man apparently died trying to save pets

Two hawala traders linked to Koda money laundering scam nabbed

RANCHI - Two hawala traders allegedly involved in the Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam in which former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda is allegedly involved were sent to 14 days judicial custody Thursday.