Larry Habegger

Brazil Armed robbers invaded the Santa Teresa Hotel on Monday in Rio de Janeiro, stealing money and phones from guests. The hotel is in the Santa Teresa neighborhood of central...

Iceland The Hekla volcano, near the Eyjafjoell volcano responsible more than 100,000 flight cancellations throughout Europe last year, is close to erupting, according to volcanologists. Measurements indicate magma movement beneath...

Iceland The Hekla volcano, near the Eyjafjoell volcano responsible more than 100,000 flight cancellations throughout Europe last year, is close to erupting, according to volcanologists. Measurements indicate magma movement beneath...

Bahrain Bahrain remains deeply divided after months of upheaval and two months of martial law. Talks of reform and opening the political process are beginning, however, as the king opened...

Australia Whales are great to watch; interaction is another thing. A humpback whale knocked a 13-year-old boy unconscious after the whale hit the boy's dinghy with its tail. The boy,...

Britain Supporters of an organization that opposes tax avoidance will join with student activists as part of a "public spectacular" Thursday in London to back a day of widespread strikes....

England The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union said it will stage four strikes in the London Underground between Sunday and July 1. The union maintains that a rail driver was...

Atlantic/Caribbean The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center believes that there will be an above-normal hurricane season this year because of climate conditions. Hurricane season in the Atlantic...

(Cuba) The Obama administration is renewing people-to-people tours in Cuba, relaxing rules that were tightened in 2004 during the Bush administration. The trips must be for educational purposes and planned...

Bolivia Protesting miners trapped about 100 foreign tourists for a week in Potosi, where they blocked all roads out of the city and piled boulders on the airport's runways. On...