UKRAINE KIEV, Ukraine — Separatist rebels in the east of Ukraine have resumed the use of rocket launchers that should have been withdrawn under a February peace deal, Ukrainian military...

Fleeing war, persecution and poverty, migrants desperate to reach Europe are paying thousands of euros apiece to become pawns in a multimillion-euro trafficking network that stretches from the Sahara...

There is almost nothing left of this village but enormous piles of broken red bricks and heaps of mud and dust. One of those piles was once Bhoj Kumar Thapa's home, where his pregnant wife pushed...

Eight convicted drug smugglers have been executed by firing squad in Indonesia. The executions took place in Besi prison on the island of Nusakambangan early on Wednesday morning local...

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced the arrest of 93 suspects with ties to the Islamic State group who it says were planning multi-pronged attacks on the U.S. Embassy, security forces and residential...

An angry mum has been caught on camera smacking her son across the head after he starting rioting and throwing rocks at police. The unidentified woman was seen raining blows on her son's head...

European Union officials are seeking sweeping changes in bloc policies and practices to face new security risks arising from terrorism, organized crime and cybercrime. EU Commission Vice...

American teenager Collin Burns who has completed a cube in just 5.25 seconds, smashing the world record.   The US national 'speedcubing' champion was at an official Rubik's Cube...

The South Korean ferry captain responsible for last year's disaster that killed more than 300 people, mostly school children, was given an increased sentence of life in prison Tuesday by an appellate...

For hours after Nepal was shaken by one of the most intense earthquakes here in nearly a century, 12-year-old Neha Chumda screamed for help. She had been inside her family's four-story...