The Pope is on Twitter, along with the Dalai Lama, world leaders and, of course, Kim Kardashian. The short-messaging service can bring fleeting fame, instant ignominy and get you fired. It has...

The U.S military launched weekend airstrikes targeting and likely killing an al-Qaida-linked militant leader in eastern Libya who has been charged with leading the attack on a gas plant in Algeria in...

An Austrian brothel is offering a summer special that competitors will find hard to match — free sex. Its owner says it's his way of protesting a tax squeeze. "Effective immediately: Free...

Pope Francis is looking for a global audience for his upcoming encyclical on the environment, saying Sunday it's meant for everyone, not just Catholics. Francis engaged in some self-promotion...

The comet lander Philae has awakened from a seven-month hibernation and managed to communicate with Earth for more than a minute, the European Space Agency said Sunday. The probe became the first...

Italy is warning unspecified retaliation against the European Union if governments don't make good on pledges to take in more asylum seekers as the country copes with migrants massing at...

Thousands of people, many holding yellow umbrellas, marched in Hong Kong today to urge lawmakers to vote down Beijing-backed election reforms that sparked huge street protests last year, although the...

Kurdish officials and an activist group say Syrian Kurdish fighters are just outside of a key Islamic State-held town on the Turkish border. The advance on Tal Abyad could allow Kurds to cut off...

A Kenya military spokesman says 11 militants from the Somali extremist group al-Shabab have been killed after they attempted to attack an army camp in Lamu County. Col. David Obonyo said Sunday...