At least one person was killed and 16 others were in critical condition on Monday after massive tornadoes swept through northeast Nebraska, destroying more than half of the town of Pilger, hospital...

Dozens of extremists attacked a Kenyan coastal town for hours, killing those who weren't Muslim and those who didn't know the Somali language, officials and witnesses said Monday. At least 48...

Russia on Monday said it would cut off gas supplies to Ukraine as a payment deadline passed and negotiators failed to reach a deal on gas prices and unpaid bills.   Gazprom spokesman Sergei...

Dozens of Somali extremists wielding automatic weapons attacked a small Kenyan coastal town for hours, assaulting the police station, setting two hotels on fire, and spraying bullets into the street....

Security at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad was bolstered and some staff members were being moved out of Iraq's capital city as it was threatened by the advance of by an al-Qaida inspired insurgency,...

Pope Francis says he will make a one-day trip to Albania in September to encourage a country that "long suffered" from the consequences of past ideologies.   The pontiff was...

Israel's military arrested around 80 Palestinians in the West Bank, including members of the militant group Hamas, early Sunday as part of efforts to locate three teenagers, including an American,...

British actor Sam Kelly, best known for his roles in Allo Allo and Porridge, has died at the age of 70.   The Manchester-born star's agent Lynda Ronan said Kelly died peacefully after a...

Pope Francis has launched a scathing attack on the global economic system, warning it is near collapse because of a 'throwaway culture' of greed and the 'atrocity' of youth...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called on his countrymen to take up arms and defend the nation regardless of which sect they belong to in a tough address to army officers broadcast on state...