The mother of the boy who was raped by an Iraqi migrant in a swimming pool in Austria has said she regrets teaching her children to be welcoming to migrants and described the man's defence as 'just...

A leopard wandered into a school in southern India and injured three people as it tried to escape, officials said. Onlookers including TV news crews watched the chase, which lasted...

A top government official has reacted angrily to European Union pressure on Turkey to open its doors to tens of thousands of Syrians who have massed at the frontier fleeing a government...

Libya's national oil company has warned shipowners of "unauthorised" attempts by rival factions to export crude, in further evidence of the power struggle between east and west over oil...

Two survivors — one found shielded under the body of her husband — were pulled out alive from a toppled high-rise apartment building on Monday, two days after a powerful quake in southern...

PRESIDENTIAL RACE MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Marco Rubio's uneven debate performance just days before a pivotal New Hampshire primary has emboldened a trio of governors seeking to stem his...

A mother and daughter from Cardiff have both given birth to baby girls in the same hospital on the same day - just three hours apart. Sophie Jenkins, 19, and her mother Kay Henry, 34, from...

A bus has exploded in central London - but this time it's only for a movie. City officials Sunday reassured the public that the explosion was a movie stunt for "The Foreigner" starring Jackie...

Brazilian Carnival could be called a hungry mosquito's dream - five days of non-stop street parties that bring together millions of revelers in an inviting mass of bare ankles, uncovered...

A second autopsy on the body of an Italian found slain in Egypt reveals that the doctoral student suffered "inhuman, animal-like" violence, Italy's interior minister said Sunday as he pressed Egypt's...