The Associated Press

A towering slab of rock broke from a cliff and toppled onto pleasure boaters drifting near a waterfall in a Brazilian lake Saturday. Dozens were injured.

The fire aboard the Conception off Santa Barbara marked the deadliest marine disaster in modern state history and led to criminal charges and calls for tougher regulations for small passenger boats.

The president of Turkmenistan is calling for an end to one of the country's most notable but infernal sights — a blazing natural gas crater that has burned for decades.

Karim Masimov has been arrested on charges of attempting to overthrow the government following violent protests that the president has blamed on foreign-backed terrorists.

Most of the victims died of hypothermia, officials said, as overnight temperatures fell to 17.6 Fahrenheit amid heavy snowfall at Pakistan's mountain resort town of Murree.

If he fails to have his visa cancellation overturned and gets deported, Novak Djokovic risks missing more than one Australian Open and could be barred for up to three years.

Ecuador's Emergency Operations Committee said the eruption on Isabela Island didn't represent a risk to humans or to native local species.

A three-officer panel will issue a recommendation as to whether a decorated officer should be considered for discharge just shy of his 20-year mark and be denied retirement benefits.

Transportation officials say all mountain passes that connect Western and Eastern Washington likely would remain closed until Sunday because of dangerous conditions.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev opened the door for a dramatic escalation in a crackdown on anti-government protests that have turned violent.

Japan has undergone periods of similar restrictions over the past two years. This time, the spread of the omicron variant appears to be first hitting prefectures that house the U.S. military.

China lashed out at the United States over its support for the Baltic nation of Lithuania in its feud with Beijing over relations with Taiwan.