Mexico is promising to stem the flow of Central American migrants to the United States by tightening control at its notoriouslyporous Guatemalan border.   But messages from the...

Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday that the killing of civilians by air raids on Gaza presents a moral dilemma, but argued there is scant alternative as long as the Islamic militants who rule...

An airstrike demolished an apartment block in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least nine civilians, rescue workers said. The attack adds to the steadily growing number of civilians killed over...

Britain's government became younger, more female and more Euroskeptic Tuesday as Prime Minister David Cameron shook up his top team ahead of an election next year.   In the biggest...

The Church of England ended one of its longest and most divisive disputes Monday with an overwhelming vote in favor of allowing women to becomebishops.   The church's national assembly,...

A rush-hour subway train derailed Tuesday in Moscow, killing 20 people and sending 150 others to the hospital, many with serious injuries, Russian officials said.   The Russian capital's...

Hamas rejected an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with Israel on Tuesday, moments after the Israeli Cabinet accepted the plan, throwing into disarray international efforts to end a week of fighting...

Britain's high-profile foreign minister, William Hague, is leaving his job, the government said Monday — a surprise announcement that precedes a major shakeup of the Conservative-led...

A tropical storm strengthened into a typhoon Tuesday as it hurtled toward the northeastern Philippines, prompting disaster-response authorities to evacuate thousands of people from villages prone to...

The shipwrecked Costa Concordia has been successfully refloated in preparation for towing it away for scrapping.   Authorities expressed satisfaction that the operation to float...