A container ship lost 30 containers of chemicals in heavy seas off eastern Australia on Wednesday morning, maritime officials said.

A bull run on Wall Street put a spark in Asian markets on Wednesday, pushing them solidly into positive territory.

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has arrived back in Zimbabwe from Botswana ahead of his wife's funeral on Wednesday, according to an MDC party spokesman. Tsvangirai was flown to Botswana on Saturday for treatment following a car crash on Friday that killed his wife. "He's badly bruised and is receiving treatment," a Botswanan government source said Saturday. Tsvangirai left a hospital in Zimbabwe where he had been treated for head injuries from the wreck. Video showed the prime minister walking ...

Indian-American hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal said Wednesday he plans to bid on several belongings of Mahatma Gandhi scheduled for auction in New York Thursday, with the goal of returning them to India. "The idea is to get them back as a community and donate [them] to India," Chatwal told CNN, adding that he would welcome other members of the Indian community in the United States to join him in his auction effort. Chatwal said if he obtains the items, he ...

Armed men have stormed the offices of Ukraine's state-run gas company Naftogaz, a spokesman for the country's energy ministry said Wednesday.

Ancient footprints discovered in northern Kenya are believed to be the oldest sign that early humans had feet like ours. CNN has been unable to authenticate the video, which lasts for less than 20 seconds, but CNN's sister network CNN-IBN said it received the video from police. In the video, two gunmen walk through what may be a lobby at the Hotel Trident, and another gunman shoots at what appears to be an empty reception desk. Only one ...

A brief surveillance video appears to show gunmen in a Mumbai, India, hotel during coordinated attacks on several locations in November that killed more than 160 people, including many foreigners. CNN has been unable to authenticate the video, which lasts for less than 20 seconds, but CNN's sister network CNN-IBN said it received the video from police. In the video, two gunmen walk through what may be a lobby at the Hotel Trident, and another gunman shoots at what appears ...

The only surviving suspect accused of taking part in the deadly terror attacks in Mumbai, India, was formally charged Wednesday with attempted murder and damage to public property, a prosecutor said. Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told reporters that Mohammed Ajmal Kasab did not attend the court session because of security reasons. Nikam, speaking outside Qila Court in Mumbai, said Kasab will face other charges. The next hearing is set for March 9. Also charged Wednesday were two men, Fahim ...

Kansas leaders Wednesday ended a standoff that had delayed tax refunds and state paychecks by agreeing to borrow $225 million from various state accounts, a spokeswoman for the governor's office said. Republican lawmakers approved moving money into the state's main account to pay the bills after budget cuts agreed to by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, spokeswoman Brittany Stiffler said. The state resumed processing income tax refunds on Wednesday -- they had been suspended last week because of low funds -- ...

A female suicide bomber detonated in a crowd of primarily women and children on their way to a religious festival Friday, killing at least 35 people and wounding 45 others, an Interior Ministry official said. Two children were also killed in a separate incident when an old and unexploded mortar round exploded Friday morning just south of Baghdad. The children, who were younger than 15, were playing with the round when it exploded, a ministry official said. The deaths happened ...