As Bill Cosby's standup tour crumbled with cancellations, the embattled entertainer joked about his usual subjects of family, wives and childhood Friday to a cheering audience that greeted him with a...

TURKEY-US RELATIONS ISTANBUL- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is heading to Turkey, the latest in a parade of U.S. officials trying to push Turkey to step up its role in the international...

Artillery booms. A trench comes into view. Soldiers huddle into their overcoats for warmth. The scene is the unlikely backdrop for a holiday commercial that has many Britons reaching for hankies...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the lower house of Japan'sparliament Friday, forcing a snap election in an apparent bid to shore up support for his scandal-plagued government so that he can...

A 100-year-old watercolor of Munich's old city hall is expected to fetch at least 50,000 euros ($60,000) at auction this weekend, not so much for its artistic value as for the signature in the bottom...

The Duchess of Alba, one of Spain's wealthiest and most colorful aristocrats and recognized as the world's most titled noble, has died. She was 88. Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James...

Despite a bitter U.S. cold snap, the globe is rushing hell-bent toward its warmest year on record with last month setting the fifth monthly heat record of year. The National Oceanic and...

A Florida woman who came forward Thursday became the fourth in recent weeks to say Bill Cosby gave her pills that made her feel groggy then forced himself on her sexually. Therese...

TURKEY-SYRIAN REFUGEES ISTANBUL - With Turkey's government-run refugee camps operating at full capacity, Amnesty International says more than 1 million Syrian refugees who have flocked to Turkey...

The UK's first bus powered entirely by human and food waste has gone into service between Bristol and Bath. The 40-seat "Bio-Bus" runs on biomethane gas generated through the treatment of sewage...