Russia's Defense Ministry on Sunday denied Swedish claims that for the second time this year a Russian military aircraft had nearly collided with a passenger jet over Sweden, insisting that the...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looked set to win a strong majority in a parliamentary election Sunday viewed as less of a verdict on his policies than an acquiescence to the ruling party's growing...

Tens of thousands of protesters across the U.S. marched - to Congress in the nation's capital, along iconic Fifth Avenue in New York and in front of Boston's Statehouse - to call attention to police...

The Research and Fatwa Department of the Islamic State released a pamphlet on the topic of female captives and slaves, which delineates the organization's interpretation of Islamic law concerning the...

Losing less than half a stone could dramatically reduce the chance of dying from breast cancer, research suggests. Trials on 2,400 women treated for breast cancer found that death rates a decade...

Angelina Jolie is reluctantly calling in sick for "Unbroken" promotional duty. Universal Pictures said Friday that Jolie is suffering from "a mild bout of chicken pox" that will keep her from...

  Pope Francis will not meet the exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama because of the "delicate situation" with China, the Vatican says. The Dalai Lama, who is visiting Rome, had...

Passengers are facing widespread flight disruption after a computer failure at the UK's air traffic control centre. Nats confirmed a "technical problem" at its Swanwick control centre in...

France's president wants to allow doctors to keep terminally ill patients sedated until death comes, amid a national debate about whether to legalize euthanasia. Francois Hollande stopped short...

Unknown attackers fired dozens of bullets at the facade of the Israeli embassy in Athens without causing any injury in a pre-dawn, drive-by attack Friday on one of the Greek capital's best-guarded...