Amid widespread voter apathy, Iraq prepares for parliamentary elections

Iran contemplates evacuation of capital due to water scarcity

Evacuated Icelandic town in strange limbo

Car explodes in India's capital

Polish baking that's 'dobre, dobre' — not too sweet

Violence explodes in Spain's Basque region

Italian court shoots down plan for big bridge

Kahlo painting to be auctioned

Snow blankets Canadian Premier League game in Ottawa

Global climate negotiations get underway in Brazil

US shuts down website used to report abuses committed with American arms

Fertility treatment and the fight for paid time off in the UK

Mali's blind duo Amadou and Mariam

All roads lead to Rome, and then some

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum sexually assaulted in public

Climate negotiations take center stage in new play 'Kyoto'

Killings in Mexico expose cartel power and political vulnerability

Portuguese citizens work unpaid at US air base in Azores due to government shutdown

International travelers stranded in the US because of government shutdown

A city on Ukraine's front line appears to come increasingly under Russian control