The Libya Herald has reported that supporters of the Islamic State claim to have taken over the small town of Nawfaliya, some 30 kilometres west of Ben Jawad. Ben Jawad is currently being used by...

UKRAINE DONETSK, Ukraine — An explosion and fire rocked a chemical plant outside a separatist stronghold in eastern Ukraine Monday. Rebels said it was hit by government shelling. No...

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel rallied behind efforts to reach a long-shot diplomatic resolution to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine Monday, but they offered no...

An 11-year-old suburban girl has been charged with murder in the beating death of a 2-month-old who was staying overnight with her and her mother to give the baby's mom a break. The 11-year-old,...

Hundreds of people lit candles, shined flashlights and held their glowing cellphones toward the sky as they gathered in suburban Atlanta on Monday night to pray for the late Whitney Houston's...

A Briton has been arrested in Spain for allegedly killing a German man he caught filming his young daughter with an iPad. Police held the 40-year-old Kainth Devinder on Saturday night after...

At least 29 migrants have died from hypothermia while travelling from North Africa to Italy aboard a smuggler's life raft in heavy seas, the Italian Coast Guard said Monday. The victims were...

Samsung has warned people against discussing sensitive and private information in the vicinity of its new smart televisions - because it will be translated into text and stored in a central...

HSBC has admitted that its Swiss-based private bank may have held accounts for tax-dodging clients, after secret files from Europe's biggest bank were leaked to several news organisations...

AUSTRALIA-POLITICS CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's beleaguered Prime Minister Tony Abbott emerges politically wounded after withstanding a leadership challenge from within his own party, with...