A snowstorm has engulfed Lebanon on the first day of the new year, cutting off mountain roads, isolating villages and worsening living conditions for tens of thousands of Syrian refugees. Many...

A gunman opened fire at a popular bar in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Friday afternoon, killing two and wounding at least three others before fleeing the scene, police said. The...

Wishing for a year better than 2015, Pope Francis has called for an end to the "arrogance of the powerful" that relegates the weak to the outskirts of society, and to the "false neutrality" toward...

Munich train stations reopened and trains are running on New Year's Day, but a terror warning about Islamic State extremists intending to blow themselves up in the city remains in place. Munich...

On a New Year's Eve haunted by fears of terrorism, a spectacular fire in one of Dubai's tall towers captured the world's attention. With few exceptions, the celebrations rolled on, and while fire...

A massive skyscraper fire in Dubai that began on New Year's Eve has burned on into the first morning of 2016. The blaze at the Address Downtown, one of the most upscale hotels and residences in...

Simultaneous fireworks displays erupted along Sydney's famed harbor, where people crowded onto balconies, into waterside parks and onto boats as they jockeyed for the best view, clinking...

The New Year is an opportunity to start afresh, finding once again the security and peace we had learnt to take for granted, European Parliament President Martin Schulz said while wishing EU nationals...

LOS ANGELES — The mother of the Texas teenager known for using an "affluenza" defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident is deported to the U.S., but her son likely won't return to the U.S....

In Bangkok, police-flanked partygoers will ring in the new year at the site of a deadly bombing that took place just months ago. In Paris, residents recovering from their city's own deadly attacks...