Montserrat Aguilera wasn't intending to vote for the Catalonia region to secede from the rest of Spain. But the 52-year-old laboratory worker changed her mind amid an unprecedented crackdown by...

President Donald Trump is seeking a new health secretary to take the place of Tom Price, ousted after an outcry over flying on costly private charters for official travel. The Health and Human...

Iraq's military prepared Saturday to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region. The move is part of the central government's stepped-up efforts to isolate the Kurds...

A stampede broke out on a crowded pedestrian bridge connecting two railway stations in Mumbai during the Friday morning rush, killing at least 22 people and injuring 32 others, Indian officials...

Authorities in Catalonia intend to ensure that a disputed referendum on independence from Spain will take place peacefully on Sunday despite a crackdown on the vote by the national government, the...

Oppressor or liberator? Feminist in a silk robe, or pipe-smoking exploiter? Opinions were flying a day after Hugh Hefner's death over just what he did — and didn't do — for women. On...

More than 130,000 people have fled the region around the Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, fearing it will soon erupt. The disaster mitigation agency's command post in...

The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator says that talks on Britain's departure are weeks or months away from making sufficient progress, despite hailing a positive "new dynamic" in the...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the lower house of parliament Thursday, paving the way for a snap election on Oct. 22. Abe is widely seen as trying to reconsolidate his grip on power...

Sunday, 10 September was Grandparents Day. Many grandparents received loving cards, calls and emails from their grandchildren. However, a significant number of grandparents – approximately...