COLUMBIA, South Carolina — For the first time in 17 years, civil rights leaders gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse to pay homage to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. without the Confederate...

As the Eagles co-founder, singer and songwriter Glenn Frey mastered the mix of rock 'n' roll and country music, and the band's hits — including "Hotel California" and "Take It Easy," both...

French President Francois Hollande pledged Monday to redefine France's business model and declared what he called "a state of economic and social emergency," unveiling a 2-billion-euro ($2.2...

WASHINGTON — Diplomatic triumph or travesty, America's relationship with one of its most intractable foes took two giant leaps forward this weekend when Iran released four Americans in a...

The world's political and business elite are being urged to do more than pay lip service to growing inequalities around the world as they head off for this week's World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski...

Blizzards battered parts of Eastern Europe on Sunday, forcing roads to close, trains and flights to be cancelled and producing power outages. The snow blanketed parts of Romania, Serbia, the...

Pope Francis is making his first visit to a synagogue as pope, greeting Rome's Jewish community in the city's main synagogue in a show of interfaith friendship at a time of religiously-inspired...

A man died in a French hospital Sunday after taking part in a drug trial for a painkiller based on a compound similar to cannabis, and five other participants remain hospitalized. The Rennes...

The U.N. nuclear agency certified Saturday that Iran has met all of its commitments under last summer's landmark nuclear deal, crowning years of U.S.-led efforts to crimp Iran's ability to make atomic...

UNITED NATIONS-HUMANITARIAN FINANCING CRISIS UNITED NATIONS — An estimated $40 billion is needed annually to help the rapidly growing number of people needing humanitarian aid as a result...