Syria overtook Afghanistan to become the world's biggest source of refugees last year, while the number of people forced from their homes by conflicts worldwide rose to a record 59.5 million, the...

BERKELEY BALCONY COLLAPSE BERKELEY, California — The balcony collapse that killed six college students appears to have been caused by rotted wooden beams, Berkeley's mayor says as the...

Pope Francis has made an appeal as a series of migrant crises rage around the globe: Don't close the door to those seeking a better life. Francis made the comments during his weekly general...

Doctors say quadruplets born prematurely a month ago to a 65-year-old woman in Germany are doing well and gaining weight but one remains on a respirator. Berlin's Charite hospital said Wednesday...

To the victor go the spoils: So Waterloo became synonymous with Napoleon's demise, even if the worst of the battle never happened there. Ignoring the bloodied grounds of nearby towns, the...

Stay or go? The time is approaching for momentous decisions for Greece and the nations using the euro currency. Athens must pay 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion) off its debts at the end of the...

CONGRESS-TRADE WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his Republican allies on trade are thinking of restarting their legislative push in the Senate, a testament to a crucial...

Donald Trump, the flamboyant U.S. real estate magnate and television personality who says his net worth is about $9 billion, has announced a longshot bid for the presidency on the ticket of the...

Chile's star midfielder Arturo Vidal was driving under the influence of alcohol when he crashed a Ferrari in the outskirts of Santiago, police said on Tuesday. The Juventus player suffered minor...

There's something of a whodunit going on in the Vatican to discover who leaked Pope Francis' environment encyclical to an Italian newsweekly, deflating the release of the most anticipated and feared...