Assailants opened fire on beachgoers Sunday in Grand-Bassam, a historic resort town in Ivory Coast sending tourists fleeing through hotels. Photos posted to social media apparently taken at the scene...

A large explosion in Turkey's capital, believed to have been caused by a bomb, has killed at least 34 people on Sunday, according to news reports. NTV television said the bomb exploded close to...

Pope Francis is marking his third anniversary as pope by reinforcing his message of mercy and giving away 40,000 copies of the Gospel of St. Luke. Nuns who work in the Vatican's...

Scotland's leader says she doesn't want to use a possible British vote to leave the European Union as leverage to achieve independence. But First Minister Nicola Sturgeon concedes that Scots'...

France's air accident investigation agency says Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was using antidepressants when he crashed the plane carrying 150 people into the Alps. A report released...

The Syrian conflict has had outsized impact on global politics. Five ways the world has changed: _____ RISE OF ISLAMIC STATE It was in the vacuum of the...

KOREAS-TENSION — North Korea says its military is ready to pre-emptively attack and "liberate" the South if it sees signs that American and South Korean troops involved in annual joint military...

Iraqi officials say the Islamic State group has launched two chemical attacks, killing a three-year-old girl and wounding some 600 people near the northern city of Kirkuk. Security...

JAPAN-TSUNAMI-ANNIVERSARY — Japanese gather in Tokyo and along the country's ravaged northeast coast to observe a moment of silence five years after a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck offshore,...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump canceled one of his signature rallies on Friday, calling off the event due to safety concerns after protesters packed the arena where he was...