Pope Francis on Wednesday outlined his vision for how the Vatican will promote family and life issues, naming an American moderate to head the new Vatican office for families and laity and directing...

Authorities in Puerto Rico say more than 500 passengers have been evacuated after a small fire erupted on a cruise ship that runs between Puerto Rico and the Dominican...

A 19-year-old Florida State University student charged with fatally stabbing a couple outside their home and then biting the dead man's face remained under surveillance early Wednesday with guards...

A Cyprus woman says a British man was fatally stabbed in the popular coastal resort of Ayia Napa after he and another Briton were scolded by two Turkish Cypriot men for urinating in a public...

Greece's coast guard says it has rescued 59 migrants in an inflatable dinghy in rough weather in the Aegean Sea. The migrants were picked up early Wednesday off the eastern island of Kos by two...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 16 August...

A wildfire broke out Tuesday and spread at a staggering pace in every direction through drought-parched canyons east of Los Angeles, burning at least a dozen buildings - including some homes - and...

Earth just broiled to its hottest month in recorded history, according to NASA. Even after the fading of a strong El Nino, which spikes global temperatures on top of man-made climate change,...

Greece's coast guard says it's conducting a search-and-rescue operation after a speedboat and a tourist vessel collided off the island of Aegina, leaving at least three people dead and three others...

The giant panda that gave birth at Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo last week was hiding a tiny little secret — an extra cub. The zoo originally announced the birth of a one cub Aug. 7. On Tuesday...