Harvard University has instituted a total ban on professors having sex with undergraduate students, strengthening language it said didn't reflect its expectations on appropriate relationships between...

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday that he and his deputy will urge the ruling party to reject calls to hold a leadership ballot next week that could potentially oust...

Former glam rock singer Gary Glitter has been found guilty of a string of sex abuse offenses against three young girls that took place in the 1970s and '80s. The 70-year-old Glitter, whose real...

In a new push for peace in eastern Ukraine, the leaders of France and Germany announced Thursday they were heading to Kiev and Moscow with a proposal to end the fighting. The surprise move...

Pope Francis is urging bishops and religious superiors to cooperate with his sex abuse commission, seeking to give the committee a boost as it prepares to meet for the first time with its full...

Jordanian warplanes bombed Islamic State targets on Thursday, state TV said, after the country's king vowed to wage a "harsh" war against the militants who control large areas of neighboring Syria and...

Greece's new finance minister failed to convince his skeptical German counterpart to immediately back a new approach on Greece's debt as the two met for the first time since the anti-bailout Syriza...

The European Union's economic forecast predicts that the 19-nation eurozone economy is likely to grow slightly better than anticipated this year, a sign of welcome news as Greece's debt woes weigh on...

A six-year-old girl who was left at a Chinese bath house by her grandfather as a deposit after he claimed he forgot his wallet is still living there a month on as he failed to collect her, The Daily...

Gunmen have attacked a cargo ship in western Nigeria, killing one man and kidnapping three others, authorities in Greece say. The government's Merchant Marine Department said a Greek first...