BUCHAREST, Romania – Officials in Romania say flooding in the country’s northwest has killed at least one person, damaged homes and forced emergency evacuations. Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea said Wednesday that 42 people were forced from their homes, and 46 houses were inundated, after 18 communities were battered by heavy …

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has praised the “heroism” of parents of gravely ill children who chose not to abort. Francis met for nearly an hour with a group of severely ill children and their parents Friday in the Vatican hotel chapel. The families are participating in a pilgrimage to …

PARIS – France’s foreign minister believes there’s a good chance that world powers will reach a deal with Iran curbing its nuclear activities, but is insisting on sufficient access to military facilities for international inspections. U.S. and Iranian diplomats tried in recent days to narrow differences before a June 30 …

So “Red Eye’s biggest fan club, GLAAD is back. On their Web site, the gay and lesbian group posted an item about my Greg-alogue on the U.N. GLAAD is un-glad because I said that the U.N. would “learn more in two days ducking for cover in Liberia, than two weeks …

First, Governor Palin, she has to assume that moderator Gwen Ifill will ask her very specific questions because that’s been Palin’s weakness thus far. And that’s a scary proposition because the governor doesn’t really know what areas Ms. Ifill will spotlight and there’s no way to prepare for the unknown. …

So the inauguration is two months away, but hotels in D.C. are already full. Some say four million people will show up and that’s not including celebrities like Beyonce, Jimmy Smits and Urkel. So if you’re a single guy who can’t find a place to stay, what do you do? …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: In Hot Water Last week, NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies — one of the four bodies responsible for monitoring global temperatures used by the United Nations — announced last month was the hottest October on record. That was because the institute’s …

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been called a “paper tiger” and a “global threat,” often in the same breath. Iran’s recent claims of state-of-the-art military developments have Middle East experts concerned. But because Tehran’s leaders have a propensity for hyperbole, it’s hard to tell sometimes just how much concern is …

Edwards’ Lover: Betrayed Again? | Is Rock the Vote Broke? | Ricky’s a Dad; Beat Is Back; Dharma Bums Edwards’ Lover: Betrayed Again? John Edwards’ ex-lover, Rielle Hunter, may have been sold out again — by one of her sisters! Somehow, the National Enquirer has managed to produce a new, …

WASHINGTON – Most reporters had long abandoned Capitol Hill by 7 p.m. ET Wednesday night, when Rep. Charlie Rangel invoked a rare “point of personal privilege,” a mechanism that permits members of Congress to speak on their own behalf to defend their integrity. But no fools they, lawmakers from both …