The parents of a 26-year-old American who has been held hostage for more than a year by Islamic State extremists were clinging to hope Sunday that their daughter is alive, having yet to receive...

A Japanese national was killed Monday after a shark tore off his legs while he was surfing off Australia's east coast, not far from the area where another surfer was mauled by a shark a day earlier,...

Heavy fighting flared up in Libya's second-largest city, Benghazi, on Sunday as forces loyal to the internationally recognized elected government try to retake areas controlled by extremist...

Members of Pope Francis' sex abuse commission have criticized his remarks that it is OK for parents to spank their children, saying there is no place for physical discipline and that the commission would be making recommendations to him about protecting kids from corporal punishment....

Rome's mayor and officials are considering a "red light" district to shield prostitutes from exploitation and families from embarrassment. Prostitution is legal in Italy, and its practitioners...

A surfer was in a hospital with wounds to his back after he was mauled by a shark Sunday off Australia's east coast. "I just freaked out," Jabez Reitman, 35, told reporters as he was taken from...

 Two staff members of a Sydney cafe have revealed how they plotted to stab a gunman who held them hostage during a 16-hour siege in December. Joel Herat, 21, and Jarrod Hoffman, 19, said in...

An official says Jordan has launched dozens of air strikes against the Islamic State group since the militants released a video last week showing the killing of a Jordanian fighter pilot. Jordan...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry denied Sunday that the United States and Europe are divided over how to respond to the crisis in Ukraine and how to deal with Russia's role in it despite a debate...

A man shot six people Saturday afternoon, killing four of them, including his ex-wife and several children before turning the gun on himself on a quiet, suburban street outside Atlanta, police and...