Parts of the Muslim world erupted in anger after Friday prayers, with protests against the latest Charlie Hebdo cover - featuring Mohammed on the cover - devolving into riots in several key cities...

When Gabriela Isler wakes up on Jan. 25, it will mark the 441st and final time that she will begin a day while wearing the title of Miss Universe. Then, as she put it, she becomes "just Gabby"...

Pope Francis cut short his visit to a typhoon-hit region of the Philippines on Saturday because of an approaching storm. In brief, unscripted comments, Francis took the microphone soon after...

EUROPE-TERROR BRUSSELS — More than two dozen suspects have been arrested in Belgium, France and Germany in continuing searches for suspected terrorists, authorities said Friday. Thirteen...

Italy's foreign minister on Friday denied media reports that Italy had paid $12 million in ransom to free two young aid workers held for five months in Syria, telling lawmakers "we are against paying...

U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed Friday to a joint effort to fight domestic terrorism after last week's deadly attacks in France. Cameron said the...

Whatever happened to turning the other cheek? Pope Francis made headlines when he said en route to the Philippines that there were limits to free speech, especially when it ridicules or...

The EU has acted decisively since the early stages of the current Ebola crisis and has today announced its latest actions in the field of research. Support to research is part of the EU's response,...

U.S. science officials say that for the third time in a decade, the globe sizzled to the hottest year on record. Both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA calculated that...

Twitter posts sympathizing with Islamic terrorists led to a 20-year-old man's arrest on charges he plotted to blow up the U.S. Capitol and kill government officials. According to a...