A gas leak at a chemicals factory cast a strong odour across northwestern France that wafted all the way down to Paris in the early hours of Tuesday, but officials said there was no danger to the...

The Islamists are back as a force in Algeria.   The terrorist attack on an Algerian natural gas plant that left dozens of hostages and militants dead has demonstrated how a failing Algerian...

Capt. Wales is coming home to be Prince Harry once again.   The Ministry of Defense revealed Monday that the 28-year-old prince is returning from a five-month deployment in Afghanistan,...

    President Barack Obama issued a powerful defense of government on Monday, declaring that a decade of war was ending, the nation's economy was recovering and...

Kissing his boyfriend during a protest in front of Russia's parliament earned Pavel Samburov 30 hours of detention and the equivalent of a $16 fine on a charge of "hooliganism." But if a...

Judges hearing ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex-for-hire trial are indicating that the verdict could come down after national elections   The court's decision last week not to...

The death toll from the terrorist siege at a natural gas plant in the Sahara climbed past 80 on Sunday as Algerian forces searching the refinery for explosives found dozens more bodies, many so badly...

    President Barack Obama has been sworn in for a second four-year term.   Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office Sunday in the Blue Room of...

London's Heathrow airport canceled 260 flights — or 20 percent of its usual schedule — on Sunday because of snow and low visibility, causing a third day of misery for...

The original Batmobile from the 1960s television series 'Batman' has sold at auction for $4.2 million.   A spokeswoman for Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. says the winning bidder has not...