The mayor of the southern French town of Beziers says five Chechens have been arrested in the region, including one with a cache of explosives. Beziers Mayor Robert Menard confirmed the arrests...

A 9-month-old boy is dead after his 5-year-old brother playing with a handgun accidentally shot him in the head. Authorities say the baby was pronounced dead at Children's Mercy Hospital in...

Pope Francis said Monday he hopes to visit Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay this year, as well as the Central African Republic and Uganda. The 2015 trips, still in their planning stages and not...

Opposition politicians threw chairs and attacked the parliamentary speaker during a violent general strike in Nepal on Tuesday that was aimed at blocking the government from pushing through a draft of...

Europe's struggle with economic stagnation is raising questions about whether its prized project — the shared euro currency — can bounce back or even just survive. Fundamental gaps...

Japan's prime minister has vowed to save the two Japanesehostages held by the Islamic State group. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told journalists on Tuesday: "Their lives are the top...

Rush-hour passengers in the busy subway of Iran's capital have brushed shoulders with a surprising commuter — President Hassan Rouhani. Rouhani, along Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif...

It was not what Derek Nash expected to find in his 5-year-old's school bag: A bill demanding a "no-show fee" for another child's birthday party. Nash said the bill from another parent sought...

Feminists are rejoicing at the disappearance of bare breasts from the British tabloid The Sun — though the newspaper is not saying whether the decision to ditch its "Page 3 girls" is permanent....

FRANCE-ATTACKS-HOME OF TERROR GRIGNY, France - The housing project that was home to Amedy Coulibaly is a concrete labyrinth so scary that doctors refuse to make house calls and mail workers won't...