Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he has ordered the army to immediately carry out "powerful strikes" in Gaza, and Hamas responded by saying it would delay handing over the body...

President Donald Trump arrived in Egypt on Monday for a global summit on Gaza's future as he tries to advance peace in the Middle East after visiting Israel to celebrate a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with...

Pope Francis marked the anniversary Monday of the day he decided as a teenager to become a priest by pressing a subtle message to Cubans at a delicate point in their own history: Overcome ideological...

After the weekend crush of migrants and refugees threatened to overwhelm Austrian police, soldiers and humanitarian workers at the Nickelsdorf border crossing from Hungary, the scene late Monday is...

Italian prosecutors on Tuesday began building their case against the traffickers (photo) responsible for the drowning of as many as 950 migrants in the Mediterranean, as European Union leaders...

Family members of those aboard AirAsia Flight 8501 collapsed in agony Tuesday as images of debris and a bloated body flashed across Indonesian television screens, proof that the plane crashed into the...

In the spirit of Christmas, holiday newborns were placed inside stockings at the Magee-Women's Hospital at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Hand knit hats were also given to the...

As search crews on Monday are scouring the Indonesian waters where an AirAsia jet carrying 162 people is believed to have gone down, officials predicted a tragic ending to the region's latest aviation...

OBAMA KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii — President Barack Obama marks the end of more than a decade of combat in Afghanistan by paying tribute to America's military, telling troops on Christmas Day that...

Chinese health officials say only 700,000 newly-qualified couples have applied for having a second child this year, far below earlier estimates that an easing in the country's birth policy would add 1...