GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Hamas rulers of Gaza and local smugglers on Tuesday accused Egypt of flooding cross-border tunnels with sewage water in order to halt a thriving smuggling trade that has propped up the local economy for the past five ... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - The government came under fire on Friday from a committee of MPs for dragging its heels on flood protection, after 2012 went down as the second wettest year since records began and floods wreaked havoc across the country. The Envir... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The smartphone patent wars have lit up courtrooms around the world. Next up: the smartphone case wars. The makers of protective cases that shield cell phones from coffee spills and sticky-fingered toddlers are entangled in countl... [Full Article]
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Military personnel headed to flood-ravaged northeast Australia on Wednesday to help clean up the sludgy aftermath of floods that damaged thousands of homes and businesses and left some communities short of power, food and w... [Full Article]
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Military personnel headed to flood-ravaged northeast Australia on Wednesday to help clean up the sludgy aftermath of floods that damaged thousands of homes and businesses and left some communities short of power, food and w... [Full Article]
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Rescuers helped drivers escape swift floodwaters and used helicopters to pluck stranded people from rooftops in northeast Australia on Tuesday after torrential rains flooded thousands of homes and businesses, killed four an... [Full Article]
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Thousands of Australians huddled in shelters Tuesday as torrential rains flooded cities and towns in the northeast, killing four people and prompting around 1,000 helicopter evacuations. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
MADRID (AP) - Within hours of Shakira's baby boy being born, people are already asking about his future career. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Authorities were working Friday to repair a dike that collapsed amid torrential rains that have swamped the Indonesian capital, while thousands of police and soldiers worked to help victims of the flooding that has taken nin... [Full Article]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia's army deployed rubber boats in the capital's business district on Thursday to rescue people trapped in floods that inundated much of the city of 14 million people. The president was pictured standing in ... [Full Article]