People refused to venture outdoors and buildings disappeared into Beijing's murky skyline on Sunday as the capital's air quality went off the index.   The Beijing Municipal...

    A volcano erupting in Russia's Far East is sending plumes of gas and ash high into the sky and creating a lava lake.   The Plosky Tolbachik volcano is located in...

    More time and money will be needed to remove the Costa Concordia from the rocks off Tuscany where it capsized last year, in part to ensure the toxic materials still trapped inside...

    George Prescott Bush is gearing up to run for a little-known but powerful office in a state where his family already is a political dynasty and where his Hispanic roots could help...

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is convinced that a lone gunman wasn't solely responsible for the assassination of his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, and said his father believed the...

    The Duchess of Cambridge seems to like her first official portrait, which is lucky for the artist. Many critics don't.   Paul Emsley's portrait of the former Kate...

Czechs are electing the country's president in a direct popular vote for the first time, choosing from nine candidates to replace Euro-skeptic Vaclav Klaus.   Former prime ministers, the...

A 24-year-old contestant in this year's Miss America pageant is delivering a message about breast cancer prevention.   Miss DC Allyn Rose plans to undergo a double mastectomy after...

A series of bombings killed 115 people across Pakistan on Thursday, including 81 who died in twin blasts on a bustling billiards hall in a Shiite area of the southwestern city of...

    Klaus Kinski's eldest daughter claims the late German actor raped her when she was a child, showering her with gifts as he used her as a "sex object," according to an...