Human Rights Watch says Libyan prison authorities should investigate the alleged abuse of a son of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi and other inmates in a Tripoli prison. In a statement late...

CANADA-ELECTION TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper triggers an election campaign and sets the vote for Oct. 19, when Harper and his Conservative party hope to earn a fourth...

A Shanghai man's lower leg has been amputated after becoming trapped in a mall escalator, the third serious escalator-related accident in China in a week. A few days ago, a similar...

The ongoing tensions between the families of the late megastar Whitney Houston and her ex-husband, R&B singer Bobby Brown, erupted Saturday during a memorial service for their daughter,...

A 79-year-old Norwegian has swum across a fjord in the pouring rain dressed only in swimming trunks and a bow tie to wed his 65-year-old bride-to-be on the rocks. Trygve Bernhardsen was...

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-BIDEN WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden's associates have resumed discussions about a possible 2016 presidential run, but Biden has yet to tell his staff whether he...

French riot police sprayed migrants with a chemical irritant as they tried to storm the Channel Tunnel. The group, which broke down several security fences late Saturday, was forced to retreat by...

At age 95, Lucille Horn often reflects on her long, full life, with a husband and five children, and how it might not have happened if not for the renegade doctor who put her in a Coney Island...

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-CLINTON WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, earned more than $139 million between 2007...

Warning: Video may cause distress Sebastián Reyes is lucky to be alive. The 23-year-old fell 17 storeys - around 40 metres - after losing his balance on an appartment balcony and toppling...