Former soccer star George Weah held a commanding lead over the president's son in the most high-profile contest of Liberia's Senate poll, which was delayed twice because of Ebola. Originally...

An embarrassed BBC reporter struggled to finish his broadcast as he got high after getting too close to a stack of burning drugs. Quentin Sommerville, the corporation's Middle East correspondent,...

An orangutan that has lived 20 years at the Buenos Aires zoo is entitled to some legal rights enjoyed by humans, an Argentine court has ruled, a decision the ape's attorney called unprecedented and a...

Six people were killed and several others injured when a garbage truck crashed into a group of pedestrians in downtown Glasgow Monday, police said. The truck hit a number of pedestrians...

VATICAN-REFORM VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has issued a blistering critique of the Vatican bureaucracy, denouncing how some people lust for power at all costs, live hypocritical double...

French authorities urged calm after a series of attacks across the country left dozens of people injured, and said there was no evidence the violent acts were connected by any terrorist...

Two victims of a deadly siege in Sydney were being remembered on Tuesday at private memorial services, one week after a gunman took them hostage inside a downtown cafe. The memorial for Tori...

English rock and blues singer Joe Cocker has died today at the age of 70, after a battle with lung cancer. The Sheffield native, known for his distinctive gritty voice, had worked as a gasfitter...

French officials called for vigilance but warned against jumping to conclusions Monday after a pair of weekend attacks — one in which a driver ran down 13 bystanders, and another in which a...

Pope Francis issued a blistering critique Monday of the Vatican bureaucracy that serves him, denouncing how some people lust for power at all costs, live hypocritical double lives and suffer from...