A Palestinian family and an Israeli Bedouin father were among those killed today as the casualty toll from Israel's ground campaign and rocket attacks from Gaza continued to rise.   The...

Pope Francis has demanded justice for the victims of a bomb attack against a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires exactly 20 years ago.   In a recorded video to mark the anniversary, the Pope...

Ukraine has accused pro-Russian rebels of trying to destroy evidence of "international crimes" at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane.   The government said the rebels were...

Less than five months ago, they had rushed to Kuala Lumpur International Airport — anxious relatives with a hope in their hearts, however faint, that a missing jumbo jet with their loved ones...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will leave Saturday for the Middle East to help end the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, the U.N. political chief said Friday.   At an emergency U.N....

International passengers from all walks of life, from a prominent AIDS researcher and soccer fans to a nun and a florist, were aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.   The Boeing 777 was...

Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners — dressed in overalls and covered in soot — searched Friday through wreckage and bodies scattered over a wide stretch of...

American intelligence authorities believe a surface-to-air missile took down a passenger jet in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, a U.S. official said, but the Obama administration was still scrambling to...

A large, colorful billboard from the 1937 release of the animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is up for auction.   Heritage Auctions said the rare billboard is expected...

Hundreds of people were evacuated from tourist boats on the River Thames after a passenger ferry collided with a barge carrying rubbish near the iconic OXO Tower.   A number of people on...