Officials say a man who cheated the hangman at the gallows has been freed after 19 years on death row in Nigeria. Thankgod Ebhos, 54, was dragged to the gallows and watched four fellow death-row...

Pope Francis praised retired Pope Benedict XVI as a "great pope" on Monday amid the continuing fallout from a meeting of bishops that exposed divisions between progressive Catholics who back Francis'...

South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for the captain of a ferry that sank earlier this year, killing more than 300 people, blaming his negligence and failure to rescue...

EBOLA-US NEW YORK - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlines guidelines for the mandatory, 21-day quarantining of medical workers returning from West Africa that he and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie...

Ukrainians overwhelmingly backed several pro-Western parties in a landmark parliamentary election Sunday, another nudge in the former Soviet republic's drift away from Russia. Two exit polls...

Tunisians expressed tentative hope for the future as they lined up early Sunday to choose their first five-year parliament since they overthrew their dictator in the 2011 revolution that kicked off...

British Prime Minister David Cameron insisted he would not pay a European Union bill for an additional 2.1 billion euro ($2.65 billion) contribution to the EU coffers at a time of increasing...

BRITAIN-ECONOMY BRUSSELS - Britain is protesting a European Union request for an additional 2.1 billion euro ($2.65 billion) contribution to the EU coffers at a time of increasing pressure at...

The World Health Organization says the number of people believed sickened by Ebola has risen above 10,000. The U.N. health agency said Saturday that the number of confirmed, probable and...

What's in a bra? Femininity, sexiness and self-empowerment, says Halle Berry, who is launching a lingerie line she says will do it all. The Oscar-winning actress is reviving Scandale, a lingerie...