Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced Monday to eight months in prison for unlawfully accepting money from a U.S. supporter, capping the dramatic downfall of a man who only years...

OBIT-JOHN NASH-A LIFE TRENTON, New Jersey — Born to an electrical engineer, and later a precocious and dashing young man who attained an Ivy League education, John Nash seemed destined for...

Britain's prime minister outlined who will be allowed to vote in referendum on whether or not the country should remain in the European Union on Monday, opting for rules that exclude most voters from...

The man who took 18 people hostage at a Sydney cafe last year was educated and erratic, secretive about his own life and public about his many grievances, and a self-obsessed fabulist who grew...

Hundreds of elated fans have welcomed Eurovision Song Contest winner Mans Zelmerlow upon his return to Sweden after the country's sixth triumph in the annual pop fest. The 28-year-old old...

The Syrian army is deploying troops in areas near the ancient town of Palmyra in apparent preparation for a counterattack to retake it from the Islamic State group, an official said. Gov. Talal...

Ireland's gay citizens woke up today in what felt like a nation reborn - some with dreams of wedding plans dancing in their heads. Many weren't rising too early. The Irish gay community's biggest...

Security officials say fighting is raging on in Yemen, with airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition hitting rebel targets in multiple cities, including the capital, while street battles in the city of...

Voters began casting ballots yesterday across much of Spain in local elections that could see two upstart parties end nearly four decades of dominance by the ruling conservative Popular Party and its...

Saudi Arabia has confirmed that Friday's suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in the east of the country that killed 21 was carried out by an Islamic State militant, backing up an earlier claim by the...