A teen gunman armed with a rifle shot and killed a 14-year-old student Tuesday and injured a teacher before he likely killed himself at a high school in a quiet Columbia River town in Oregon,...

One student and the suspected gunman are dead in a school shooting outside Portland, Oregon, police in the U.S. said Tuesday.   Police said the situation had stabilized after the school...

A federal jury in New York City awarded $4.7 million (€3.4m) to a clothing clerk who was tormented and eventually attacked by a co-worker because of his name and race.   Osama Saleh,...

Palestinian forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas broke up a Hamas protest, beating some of the participants despite a recent unity deal between the two rival factions, witnesses said...

Ukraine's new president has ordered security officials to create a corridor for safe passage for civilians in the country's east, which has been rocked for two months by a pro-Russian...

Fifteen crew members from the sunken South Korean ferry appeared at an emotional court hearing Tuesday to enter pleas on charges that they were negligent and failed to save the more than 300 people...

Miss Universe Thailand has resigned less than a month into her reign after being harshly criticized on social media over her political comments and looks.   Weluree Ditsayabut, 22, tearfully...

Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into British comedy, has died. He was 56.   Mayall's management firm Brunskill Management said the...

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have reportedly kidnapped 20 women from a nomadic settlement in northeast Nigeria near the town of Chibok, where the Islamic militants abducted more than 300...

The world's oldest man, a retired chemist and parapsychologist, has died in New York City. Alexander Imich was 111.   His niece says Imich died Sunday at his home in...