Silvio Berlusconi's political fate is in the hands of Italy's highest court, which was hearing arguments Tuesday in the former premier's challenge to a fraud conviction.   The...

Massive explosions rocked a central Florida propane gas plant, sending seven people to area hospitals.   All of the workers at the plant were accounted for early Tuesday after...

Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media baron and former premier, sometimes quipped that he was running out of money after two decades of steadily paying millions of euros (dollars) to a stable of...

At least 44 people were injured, four of them seriously, in a head-on collision of two trains in western Switzerland late Monday, Swiss television reported, citing police.   Public...

Spanish royals and political leaders joined hundreds in Santiago de Compostela's storied cathedral Monday evening to mourn the 79 people killed in last week's train crash, as investigators...

Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first...

Rescuers wielding electric saws cut through the twisted wreckage of an Italian tour bus for survivors of a crash in southern Italy that killed at least 37 people after it crashed into traffic and...

The driver of a Spanish train that derailed at high speed killing 79 people was provisionally charged Sunday with multiple cases of negligent homicide.   A court statement said investigative...

Israel's Cabinet approved the release of 104 long-held Palestinian prisoners Sunday, clearing a hurdle toward a possible resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after five years of...

Security forces and armed men clashed with supporters of Egypt'sousted president early Saturday, killing at least 65 people in mayhem that underscored an increasingly heavy hand against...