The Church of England ended one of its longest and most divisive disputes Monday with an overwhelming vote in favor of allowing women to becomebishops.   The church's national assembly,...

A rush-hour subway train derailed Tuesday in Moscow, killing 20 people and sending 150 others to the hospital, many with serious injuries, Russian officials said.   The Russian capital's...

Hamas rejected an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with Israel on Tuesday, moments after the Israeli Cabinet accepted the plan, throwing into disarray international efforts to end a week of fighting...

Britain's high-profile foreign minister, William Hague, is leaving his job, the government said Monday — a surprise announcement that precedes a major shakeup of the Conservative-led...

A tropical storm strengthened into a typhoon Tuesday as it hurtled toward the northeastern Philippines, prompting disaster-response authorities to evacuate thousands of people from villages prone to...

The shipwrecked Costa Concordia has been successfully refloated in preparation for towing it away for scrapping.   Authorities expressed satisfaction that the operation to float...

A fighting bull gored two men and spread panic in a hair-raising final running of the bulls at Spain's San Fermin festival Monday.   Hundreds of people dashed alongside the six half-ton...

Pro-Palestinian protesters tried to force their way into a Paris synagogue Sunday with bats and chairs, then fought with security officers who blocked their way, according to police and a...

Israel briefly deployed troops inside the Gaza Strip for the first time early Sunday as some 4,000 people fled southward from the northern part of the territory in the face of Israeli threats to step...

At least six people were killed and 25 injured Sunday when rival militias battled for the control of the international airport in Libya's capital. Civil aviation authorities announced the airport...