An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff Tuesday evening, with debris falling in flames over the launch site in Virginia. No...

GERMANY-SYRIA BERLIN - Syria's neighbors urge European countries to open their doors to more refugees from the 3 ½ year civil war, and for immediate financial and technological help as...

Britain will not support any future search and rescue operations to prevent migrants and refugees drowning in the Mediterranean, claiming they simply encourage more people to attempt the dangerous sea...

UKRAINE KIEV, Ukraine - Two pro-European parties in Ukraine that ran on a platform to enact tough reforms shared the lead after a parliamentary election, according to partial...

The U.S. Supreme Court's refusal this month to review rulings that overturned bans on same-sex marriage marked a milestone in gay rights in the United States. Around the world, many countries have...

A member of the public who caused a security alert when he bumped into David Cameron in Leeds has said he had "no idea" it was the prime minister. Dean Farley said he was only aware that he had...

Tunisia's secularists are poised to win the most seats in a close-run election that should see the country's ruling Islamists pushed into second place. The Nidaa Tounes party is expected to win...

Officials say a man who cheated the hangman at the gallows has been freed after 19 years on death row in Nigeria. Thankgod Ebhos, 54, was dragged to the gallows and watched four fellow death-row...

Pope Francis praised retired Pope Benedict XVI as a "great pope" on Monday amid the continuing fallout from a meeting of bishops that exposed divisions between progressive Catholics who back Francis'...

South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for the captain of a ferry that sank earlier this year, killing more than 300 people, blaming his negligence and failure to rescue...