Aid convoys arrive as Haiti gauges full extent of disaster
By DAVID McFADDEN and BEN FOX A small airstrip at the edge of town hums with activity. Aid convoys are arriving from the capital, now that some roads washed out…
Tropical cyclones
Hurricane Matthew spares South Florida, pushes north
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and KELLI KENNEDY Barack Obama Posts Adorable 24th Wedding Anniversary Tributes to Michelle — See the Pics! Maria Sharapova’s Doping Ban Just Got Reduced Watch this cute…
Mexico braces for strongest hurricane in Western hemisphere
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Hurricane Patricia headed toward southwestern Mexico Friday as a monster Category 5 storm, the strongest ever in the Western Hemisphere that forecasters said could make a “potentially…
Puerto Rico braces for Erika after 4 killed in Dominica
By DANICA COTO and CARLISLE JNO BAPTISTE Tropical Storm Erika lashed Puerto Rico early Friday with heavy rains and wind after killing four people and causing devastating floods in the…
Record 6 million turn out for pope’s final day in Manila
By NICOLE WINFIELD and TERESA CEROJANO A crowd estimated at a record 6 million people by officials poured into Manila’s rain-soaked streets and its biggest park Sunday as Pope Francis…
Pope strongly defends church teaching against contraception
By NICOLE WINFIELD and OLIVER TEVES Pope Francis issued his strongest defense yet of church teaching opposing artificial contraception on Friday, using a rally in Asia’s largest Catholic nation to…
UN URGES MORE AID FOR PHILIPPINE TYPHOON RECOVERY
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, shakes hands with Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario as they meet reporters in Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday, Dec.…
ENVOY SAYS CHINA HAS RIGHT TO SET ANOTHER AIR ZONE
By JIM GOMEZ Philippine Red Cross Chairman Richard Gordon, right, welcomes Chinese Ambassador Ma Keqing, center, before turnover rites of payloaders donated by Chinese companies in Manila, Philippines on Monday,…