The man accused of storing female genitalia in his freezer in South Africa, told a Danish newspaper that the 21 pieces of mutilated flesh belong to his estranged wife. The man, a Danish...

Authorities in Saudi Arabia say at least 717 people have been killed in a crush at Mina, outside the holy city of Mecca, where 2 million people are performing the annual hajj pilgrimage. Hundreds...

Security officials in Yemen's capital Sanaa say 25 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque during Eid al-Adha prayers. The officials, who remain neutral in the conflict that has...

UNITED NATIONS AT 70 UNITED NATIONS — The worsening war in Syria, allegations of child sexual abuse by U.N. peacekeepers and the mishandling of the Ebola epidemic cast a spotlight on the...

Pope Francis praised American bishops on Wednesday for their "generous commitment" to helping victims of clergy sex abuse, drawing an angry rebuke from advocates who said the bishops acted only under...

European Union leaders, faced with a staggering migration crisis and deep divisions over how to tackle it, managed to agree early Thursday to boost border controls to ease the influx and to send 1...

NASA has confirmed that a massive asteroid will zoom past Earth tomorrow, but reassured the world that it is not a threat. The space agency has spent the past few months debunking claims that a...

VW chief executive Martin WInterkorn has resigned over the emissions scandal. Here's the full statement from WInterkorn: "I am shocked by the events of the past few days. Above all, I am...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he will present a six-point plan for solving Europe's refugee crisis to EU leaders.  They include persuading Greece to hand over the...

The Egyptian president on Wednesday pardoned two journalists for Al-Jazeera English, state media and the lawyer of one of the reporters said, a dramatic development in a case that was widely condemned...