China says it has "serious concern" about President-elect Donald Trump's latest comments suggesting he is reconsidering America's relationship with Taiwan. Geng Shuang, a spokesman for the...

Oxford University is encouraging students to use the gender-neutral pronoun 'ze' instead of 'she and 'he'. The students' union wrote in a leaflet that the move was intended to reduce the risk of...

Islamic State militants recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from Syrian troops Sunday, according to both sides in the battle, scoring a major advance after a year of setbacks in Syria and...

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni was summoned to the presidential palace on Sunday and appeared poised to receive a mandate to try to form a new government. President Sergio Mattarella...

A bombing at Egypt's main Coptic Christian cathedral killed 25 people and wounded another 35 on Sunday, in one of the deadliest attacks carried out against the religious minority in recent...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 10 December....

Twin attacks by a suicide bomber and a car bomber near an Istanbul soccer stadium Saturday night killed 38 people and wounded 166 others in the latest large-scale assault to traumatize a nation...

The roof of a crowded church collapsed onto worshippers in southern Nigeria on Saturday, killing at least 160 people, witnesses and an official said. The Reigners Bible Church International in...

A tanker carrying chemical gas slammed into other vehicles and burst into flames on a major road in Kenya, killing more than 30 people and injuring 10, officials said Sunday. The vehicle lost...

With a banking crisis adding urgency, Italy's president was wrapping up political consultations Saturday, including with Parliament's largest party, the Democrats, before picking a replacement for...