Holding aloft ancient flags and young children, hundreds of thousands of people converged Sunday on the Eiffel Tower to protest the French president's plan to legalize gay...

    A court granted Hosni Mubarak's appeal of his life sentence, ordering on Sunday a retrial of the ousted Egyptian president on charges that he failed to prevent the killing of...

A dog reportedly mutilated by Mexican drug traffickers is recovering at a sanctuary for abused and abandoned dogs.   Sanctuary owner Patricia Ruiz says Pay de Limon, or Lemon Pie, was fitted...

People refused to venture outdoors and buildings disappeared into Beijing's murky skyline on Sunday as the capital's air quality went off the index.   The Beijing Municipal...

    A volcano erupting in Russia's Far East is sending plumes of gas and ash high into the sky and creating a lava lake.   The Plosky Tolbachik volcano is located in...

    More time and money will be needed to remove the Costa Concordia from the rocks off Tuscany where it capsized last year, in part to ensure the toxic materials still trapped inside...

    George Prescott Bush is gearing up to run for a little-known but powerful office in a state where his family already is a political dynasty and where his Hispanic roots could help...

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is convinced that a lone gunman wasn't solely responsible for the assassination of his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, and said his father believed the...

    The Duchess of Cambridge seems to like her first official portrait, which is lucky for the artist. Many critics don't.   Paul Emsley's portrait of the former Kate...

Czechs are electing the country's president in a direct popular vote for the first time, choosing from nine candidates to replace Euro-skeptic Vaclav Klaus.   Former prime ministers, the...