A man pulled a semi-automatic rifle from a bag and shot his way past a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, killing a federal security officer and wounding three other...

Violence across Iraq killed nearly 1,000 people in October, the United Nations said Friday, as the world body's representative there called on leaders to take bold action to stop the...

Vice President Joe Biden and senior Obama administration officials convinced a number of senators to hold off on another round of Iran sanctions as Western powers test Tehran's willingness to...

Officials say they have broken up an international criminal network that was producing and distributing forged documents for illegal immigrants in European Union countries.   Europol says a...

Almost all rich countries are rich because they exploit technological progress. They have moved the bulk of their labor force out of agriculture and into cities, where knowhow can be shared more...

“It’s the economy, stupid” has been a political mantra for more than two decades. Nowadays, the phrase is repeated ad nauseam in development discussions. But making countries...

The Vatican is taking the unusual step of conducting a worldwide survey on how parishes deal with sensitive issues such as birth control, divorce and gay marriage, seeking input ahead of a major...

U.S. government safety rules are changing to let airline passengers use most electronic devices from gate-to-gate.   The change will let passengers read, work, play games, watch movies and...

The unemployment rate in the 17-nation eurozone remained at a record high of 12.2 percent in September as the bloc's nascent recovery failed to generate new jobs, official data showed...

For centuries, optimists and pessimists have argued over the state of the world. Pessimists see a world where more people means less food, where rising demand for resources means depletion and war,...