LA PAZ, Bolivia – Just months after President Evo Morales won re-election with a convincing three-fifths of the vote, Bolivia's first indigenous president is suddenly up against a formidable opposition.It comes not from the conservative business elite that long has chafed at Morales' leftist…

Syrian activists say the Islamic State militants, after seizing the ancient town of Palmyra in central Syria, are now also in full control of its famed archaeological site.Rami Abdurrahman of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the extremists overrun the site, just…

Approximately 170 members of rival motorcycle gangs were charged with engaging in organized crime Monday, a day after nine people were killed and 18 others injured in a shootout at a Texas restaurant.A Waco judge set bond at $1 million for many of the…

MANILA, Philippines – A powerful typhoon that slammed into the northeastern tip of the Philippines left at least two people dead and prompted nearly 3,500 residents to flee to shelters following warnings to evacuate coastal and mountainous villages.Typhoon Noul has weakened since making landfall…

A flash flood emergency was declared in Oklahoma City for the first time in its history Wednesday as a series of storms across the southern Great Plains spawned tornadoes that destroyed homes and overturned cars on an interstate.As of late Wednesday, no deaths had…

Nepal – Gone, the girl says as she squints into the sun, the air around her shimmering with wind-blown wheat chaff. She points to one house after another nestled in the green hills, most shattered from the massive earthquake that hit Nepal last month."Over…

KATHMANDU, Nepal – Rescuers were digging through thousands of tons of earth Tuesday, the remains of a quake-triggered mudslide that wiped out an entire village along a popular trekking route in Nepal's Himalayan foothills.Police and local villagers have recovered 60 bodies from the Langtang…

Nepal – Fresh croissants emerged from a popular bakery and were quickly snapped up. Farmers delivered fresh produce and lines disappeared at gasoline stations. Slowly, life edged back toward a semblance of normal in Nepal's quake-hit capital Friday as residents packed up tents and moved…

The State Department identified two Americans who died in Nepal’s devastating earthquake, and reported two more dead Monday, as the death toll rose past 4,000 and survivors dug through the rubble of their villages seeking shelter and food.Saturday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake triggered an avalanche…

The U.S. reportedly has taken on a greater role in the Saudi-led campaign of airstrikes against Shiite rebels in Yemen amid doubts about whether Riyadh can achieve its objectives. The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the U.S. Navy has stepped up patrols looking for…