A Thai court on Thursday ordered the extradition of a fugitive Italian banker found guilty of laundering money for some of Italy's top mobsters through New York pizzerias in the 1970s and...

A 20-year-old Boston University sophomore and a self-described "cellist-nerd" brought the Miss Universe crown back to the United States for the first time in more than a decade when she won...

Worshippers usually leave notes to the Almighty at one of Judaism's holiest sites. But half a billion dollars?   Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, who oversees Jerusalem's Western Wall, said...

Ruling-party candidate Park Geun-hye (Bahk guhn-hae) was elected South Korean president Wednesday, becoming the country's first female leader despite the incumbent's unpopularity and her own...

The leaders of an independent panel that blamed "systematic failures" in State Department management and leadership for gross security lapses in the deadly Sept. 11 attack on a U.S....

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...