A powerful earthquake rattled the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Monday, generating a small tsunami and frightening locals near the epicenter, but prompting no reports of damage or...

ITALY-KNOX ROME — Amanda Knox, who maintained that she and her former Italian boyfriend were innocent in her British roommate's murder through multiple trials and nearly four years in jail,...

Air Canada says a flight from Toronto to Halifax has "exited" the runway at Halifax's airport upon making what the airport calls an "abrupt" landing. Air Canada said early Sunday all passengers...

Islamist groups including Al-Qaida's Nusra Front have seized the city of Idlib for the first time in Syria's civil war, fighters and a monitoring group said today. By taking Idlib, capital of a...

Elections in parts of Nigeria have been extended until Sunday after delays and a number of attacks. An election official said the delays were "not widespread" but were still "a matter of...

The Congolese bar owner falsely accused of killing Meredith Kercher has said the decision to quash the conviction of Amanda Knox was a triumph for being "American and rich" rather than...

The German co-pilot accused of crashing a passenger plane in the French Alps frequented a gliding club near the crash site as a child with his parents, according to a member of the club. Francis...

An improvised explosive device exploded in front of a metro station near Cairo University earlier today.  Eight people were injured during the explosion and sent to nearby hospitals, Health...

EU nationals who move to another member state to look for a job are not entitled to social benefits, but they cannot automatically be denied them if they have already worked in the country, an advisor...

Egypt's president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, has backed calls to create a unified Arab force to confront regional security threats, and said intervention in Yemen was the "inevitable" result of...