L. Bruce Laingen, the top American diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran when it was overrun by Iranian protesters in 1979 and one of 52 Americans held hostage for more than a year, has died. He was...

Is a peek into the future worth your privacy in the present? That concern was pushed to the spotlight this week with the resurgence of a smartphone app that uses artificial intelligence to transform...

The Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, a humbling end for a drug lord once notorious for his ability to kill, bribe or tunnel his...

Authorities say a 6-year-old Utah girl has died after her father accidentally hit her with a golf ball. Police say the ball struck the girl in the back of the head on Monday morning, while the...

Famous Italian writer Andrea Camilleri passed away in a Rome hospital this morning, Itralian media report. He was aged 93. "The ever critical condition of the last days worsened in the last...

Will the notorious Mexican drug lord known as "El Chapo" go quietly? For Joaquin Guzman, that's the biggest question at his sentencing in New York City on Wednesday. The highly-anticipated...

The European Union's parliament has confirmed German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen to be the new president of the EU's executive commission. The European Parliament voted 383-327 vote...

Outgoing German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen is seeking to woo enough legislators at the European Parliament to secure the job of European Commission President in a secret vote late...

Two people died and 12 others were injured in a theme-park ride accident in Ahmedabad, India. The Discovery ride at Kankaria Amusement Park was carrying 31 people when the main shaft broke...

A 93-year-old Italian man told police that he killed his wife because he was convinced she was planning to betray him by sending him to an old people’s home, Italian media report. The man...