The lead singer of British rock band Lostprophets has been charged with sexual offenses against children.   Ian Watkins is due in court Wednesday in the Welsh capital,...

Just under a third of voters turned out for the first stage of the referendum on a constitution meant to be a historic milestone in setting Egypt's future — a showing critics say deepens...

Lawmakers, rights groups and citizens across India have expressed outrage over the gang rape of a woman on a bus in New Delhi and are urging the government to crack down on crimes against...

    Syrian fighter jets bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus Tuesday for the second time this week after rebels made significant advances, seizing large areas within the camp,...

Most children in Newtown returned to school for the first time Tuesday, as the toll of funerals for the 26 dead continued on a gray, wet day. The national debate on gun control sharpened as a...

The International Criminal Court acquitted a Congolese militia leader Tuesday of all charges of commanding fighters who destroyed a strategic village in eastern Congo in 2003, raping and hacking to...

A Japanese mayor has hailed a resident of his city for becoming the world's oldest person.   At 115 years old, Jiroemon Kimura inherited the title from an American woman who died...

North Korea’s apparently successful launch of its Unho-3 rocket was inevitable after the failed launch nine months ago. There were no signs then – or ever – that the North Koreans...

Chinese police have detained more than 100 people, among them members of a fringe Christian group, for spreading rumors about the world's impending end, state media reported...

A Milan court fined a Moroccan woman at the center of SilvioBerlusconi's sex-for-hire scandal €500 ($650) on Monday for failing to appear as a witness twice at the former premier's trial....