Japan marked the 68th anniversary Tuesday of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima with a somber ceremony to honor the dead and pledges to seek to eliminate nuclear weapons.   Some...

An intercepted secret message between al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri and his deputy in Yemen about plans for a major terror attack was the trigger that set off the current shutdown of many U.S....

For hamburgers that cost more than $300,000 to produce, you might expect fries and a shake too.   But this is no ordinary burger being served to two volunteer taste-testers in...

The chief minister of Gibraltar on Monday accused Spain of acting like North Korea and saber-rattling for suggesting it could impose a new entry and exit fee for the British...

Security forces closed roads, put up extra blast walls and increased patrols Sunday near some of the more than 20 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington had ordered closed for...

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called an election on Sept. 7 and said Sunday that it will be fought over who can be trusted to manage the Australian economy as it transitions from a decade-old mining boom...

Top Silvio Berlusconi aides are maneuvering to win a presidential pardon so the ex-premier can avoid a prison term and ban on holding office, with one loyalist warning of possible "civil...

If measured in spirit, there is hardly a soul who would question the success of Pope Francis' Mass on giant Copacabana beach last weekend. The count when it comes to the flesh-and-blood numbers of...

The man convicted of holding three women captive in his house for more than a decade and raping them repeatedly now faces life without parole plus 1,000 years. One of his victims told him,...

It's official.   Royal officials say Prince William and his wife, Kate, have formally registered the birth of their son — and put to rest any doubts about their occupations as...