As Saudi Arabia mourned its late ruler, King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud quickly set the course for the monarchy's future Friday by naming a second-in-line to the throne from the next generation of...

A three-judge panel has ruled that a 70-year-old man was wrongly convicted in the stabbing deaths of a mother and daughter nearly four decades ago. The judges ruled Friday that Joseph Sledge was...

Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal Friday and announced a new multi-pronged offensive against Ukrainian government troops. The main separatist leader in...

Dramatic footage was released today of the rescue of five fishermen moments before their boat sank in rough seas. Irish vessel the Iuda Naofa started taking on water about 48 miles north of the...

Pope Francis is urging families to put aside their iPhones and Twitter feeds and learn to talk to one another again. In his annual message for the church's World Day of Communications, released...

In the second half of 2014 a total of 507,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation – 44% up on the figure for the same period in 2013, the European Central Bank said. The...

Marcus J. Borg, a prominent liberal theologian who attracted praise and controversy by helping to lead efforts to analyze Jesus as a historical figure, has died at age 72. Borg died...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says Earth is now closer to human-caused doomsday than it has been in more than 30 years because of global warming and nuclear weaponry. But other experts say...

ARGENTINA-PROSECUTOR KILLED BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - President Cristina Fernandez makes an about-face, saying she now is "convinced" prosecutor Alberto Nisman's death was not a suicide just days...

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, the powerful U.S. ally who fought against al-Qaida and sought to modernize the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom, including by nudging open greater opportunities for...