Ruby Dee, an acclaimed actress and civil rights activist whose versatile career spanned stage, radio television and film, has died at age 91, according to her daughter.   Nora Davis Day...

Protesters and Brazilian police clashed in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, just hours before the first World Cup match.   More than 300 demonstrators gathered along a main highway...

Ukraine's interior minister says that three tanks have crossed into Ukrainian territory from Russia and were attacked by his country's forces.   The Interfax news agency quoted Arsen...

The al-Qaida-inspired group that captured two key Sunni-dominated cities in Iraq this week vowed on Thursday to march on to Baghdad, raising fears about the Shiite-led government's...

Pope Francis has a message for the World Cup: Let football be a showcase for teamwork and solidarity, not an exhibition of racism and greed.   The Argentine-born, football-loving pope...

China and Japan are blaming each other for a close encounter between military jets over the East China Sea.   China's defense ministry said Thursday that Japanese F-15 fighters followed...

Two months after Mormon Kate Kelly led hundreds in a demonstration to shed light on gender inequality in the religion — defying church orders to stay off Temple Square — the founder of a...

Pope Francis has presided over a scorching hot audience in St. Peter's Square in seemingly good form after cancelling two days of meetings due to an illness.   Francis began his weekly...

"Harry Potter" creator J.K. Rowling waded into the world of Muggle politics Wednesday, announcing a 1 million pound ($1.68 million) donation to the campaign against Scottish...

A study has found more children toiling in harsh and dangerous work in Philippine villages hit by Typhoon Haiyan last November, the United Nation's labor agency said Wednesday.   The...