Montenegro takes pride in its majestic Adriatic coastline and towering mountains rising from the sea, lined with rivers, streams and lakes. But the so-called Balkan Wild Beauty is now faced with the...

A decision by a panel of federal judges to uphold anti-gay marriage laws in four states has created a split among U.S. appeals courts and made it very likely that the Supreme Court...

A Florida mother is home and tending to her new infant less than a month after surviving without a pulse for 45 minutes following complications from a routine cesarean section. A spokesman for...

NORTH KOREA-FREED DETAINEES JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Washington - Two Americans released from captivity in North Korea return to the United States after their departure is secured through a...

Queen Elizabeth II honored fallen soldiers from Britain and the Commonwealth Sunday in a dignified ceremony at the heart of central London. The 88-year-old monarch placed a poppy-laden wreath at...

Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia opened polling stations on Sunday to hold an informal vote on independence that the central government has called illegal. The regional Catalan government...

Pope Francis has excommunicated a pedophile Argentine priest, a move applauded by advocates for victims of clerical abuse. Jose Mercau was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2011 after admitting...

UNITED STATES-IRAQ WASHINGTON - Congress members returning to Capitol Hill next week will face a debate over President Barack Obama's new $5.6 billion plan to broadly expand the U.S. mission in...

A dying pensioner has been granted her last wish by having her beloved horse visit her in hospital. Sheila Marsh, 77, died hours after saying goodbye to Bronwen on Monday at the Royal Albert...

A council which destroyed a mural by Banksy was branded "moronic", "useless" and "cretinous", it has emerged. A stencil showing a group of pigeons holding anti-immigration banners towards an...