Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of murder after a South African appeals court overturned an earlier manslaughter verdict. He killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in...

AUSTRALIA-MISSING PLANE — Australian authorities say new analysis confirms they've likely been searching in the right place for a missing Malaysian airliner. . MALAYSIA-SECURITY LAW —...

Impeachment proceedings were opened Wednesday against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff by the speaker of the lower house of Congress, a sworn enemy of the beleaguered leader. A special...

Prime Minister David Cameron appealed to lawmakers Wednesday to authorize the military to take part in airstrikes in Syria, insisting that Britain should help degrade and destroy the threat...

Pope Francis on Wednesday called for more emphasis on tenderness, including in the Catholic church, in a world he said was marked by cruelty and atrocities. He took his church to task in an...

Talk about birth announcements: Facebook CEO MarkZuckerberg and his wife say they'll devote nearly all their wealth - roughly $45 billion - to solving the world's problems in celebration of their...

The British Parliament is set to decide whether to take more aggressive action against Islamic State extremists by launching airstrikes inside Syria. The vote expected Wednesday evening would...

Montenegro Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic says NATO's membership invitation represents a historic day for the tiny Adriatic state, the most important since the 2006 independence...

British police have arrested four men in their 30s on suspicion of committing offenses under the Terrorism Act. Police said the men were arrested Wednesday morning on suspicion of being involved...

Inflation across the 19-country eurozone held steady in November at 0.1 percent over the year, reinforcing the case for the European Central Bank to deliver a further big stimulus for the region this...