Rain brings respite as Belgium wrestles massive wildfire
Much-needed rain brought some respite Monday to firefighters on their fourth day battling Belgium's worst wildfire in a century, which has scorched vast expanses of nature reserve on the German border.
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Indian marble waste dump becomes unlikely tourist attraction
A sprawling expanse of white marble waste in India is drawing tourists, filmmakers and social media enthusiasts to a landscape that looks more like a snow-covered valley than a dumping ground.
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Coach says Australia 'let standards slip' in shock Bangladesh loss
Coach Andrew McDonald admitted Monday that Australia "let our standards slip" in a stinging first home Test loss to Bangladesh, but defended his ageing team saying they have "a fair bit of cricket left in them".
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India take control of Galle Test as Sri Lanka slump to 99-5
India's bowlers took five wickets in the first session on day three of the opening Test to reduce Sri Lanka to 99-5 at lunch in Galle on Monday.
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Hawaii recovery efforts begin as Lala downgraded, moves west
Clean-up efforts were underway on Sunday as Hurricane Lala, which was downgraded to a tropical storm, rolled past Hawaii's Big Island and dumped heavy rain across the US Pacific state.
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Australia's mushroom murderer appeals conviction
Australian toxic mushroom killer Erin Patterson launches an appeal Wednesday against her conviction in a triple-murder case that made headlines worldwide.
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Food safety crackdown snares Mumbai's famed restaurants
When food safety inspectors raided a Mumbai dessert parlour famed for its ice cream sandwiches last month, they found rats, houseflies and expired flavouring agents.
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The Nigerian fishing community being eaten up by the Atlantic
The beach shrinks every year in Ayetoro, in southern Nigeria, and what is left is peppered with the remains of homes swallowed by the ocean -- some years ago, some just months prior.
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Nearly 13,000 displaced after deadly Indonesian quake
Thousands of people displaced by a powerful earthquake in eastern Indonesia awaited much-needed aid on Monday as they camped out at schools, police stations and government offices, with many stuck outside.
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Photos, memories all that remain for Colombia's bereaved after quake
In Torres del Limonar, a Cali residential complex that collapsed in Monday's earthquake, people pick through rubble to recover victims' belongings and return them to grieving families.
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