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...

Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita was eliminated from the Olympic Games pole vault competition in a rather bizarre way. Ogita was attempting to clear a height of 5.3 metres in group A of the...

Police say that a man attacked passengers on a train in western Austria, seriously wounding two people. The assault occurred early Tuesday near the village of Sulz, in westernmost Vorarlberg...

Russia's Defense Ministry says that Russian warplanes have taken off from a base in Iran to target Islamic State fighters in Syria. Tuesday's announcement marks a major development in the efforts...

Watched over by French soldiers and police, Catholic pilgrims from around the world prayed together for healing and peace Monday at a grotto shrine in Lourdes where exceptional security...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 15 August...

Libyan authorities have warned Italy of the presence of a Milan-based cell affiliated to the Islamic State terror group.  The revelation was made after Libyan authorities seized some documents...

A Houston mother who calmly told an acquaintance that she had drowned her two children in a bathtub has been charged in their deaths and was being held without bond Monday. Sheborah Thomas, 30,...