PRESIDENTIAL RACE BEDFORD, New Hampshire — Republican Donald Trump appeared poised to clinch his first victory in Tuesday's first-in-the-nation primary in New Hampshire following a humbling...

Experts say 2015 saw a record-setting 98 unprovoked shark attacks worldwide, including 30 in Florida alone. The Florida Museum of Natural History released the numbers Monday. Scientists say the...

A priest who was convicted of sexually assaulting poor street children during missionary trips to Honduras and said federal prosecutors wrongly withheld evidence in his case won't get a new trial, a...

Pope Francis' sex-abuse commission stressed Monday that its sole purpose is to propose initiatives to protect children from pedophiles, after it effectively suspended a member who advocated a more...

The mother of the boy who was raped by an Iraqi migrant in a swimming pool in Austria has said she regrets teaching her children to be welcoming to migrants and described the man's defence as 'just...

A leopard wandered into a school in southern India and injured three people as it tried to escape, officials said. Onlookers including TV news crews watched the chase, which lasted...

A top government official has reacted angrily to European Union pressure on Turkey to open its doors to tens of thousands of Syrians who have massed at the frontier fleeing a government...

Libya's national oil company has warned shipowners of "unauthorised" attempts by rival factions to export crude, in further evidence of the power struggle between east and west over oil...

Two survivors — one found shielded under the body of her husband — were pulled out alive from a toppled high-rise apartment building on Monday, two days after a powerful quake in southern...

PRESIDENTIAL RACE MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Marco Rubio's uneven debate performance just days before a pivotal New Hampshire primary has emboldened a trio of governors seeking to stem his...