President Barack Obama, who keeps a pair of boxing gloves worn by Muhammad Aliin his private study off the Oval Office, said Saturday that Ali "shook up the world and the world is...

File picture.  Police say scores of people have been injured by lightning strikes at a rock festival in western Germany. Mayen police spokesman Lars Brummer says the overall number...

Pope Francis has established legal procedures to remove bishops who botch handling sex abuse cases, saying they can be kicked out of office if the Vatican finds they were negligent in doing their...

The U.S. Navy's top admiral says the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman has begun launching airstrikes against the Islamic State group from the Mediterranean Sea. That opens a...

Moto2 rider Luis Salom died after crashing during practice for the Catalunya Grand Prix on Friday. He was 24. The death of the Spanish rider was announced at a news conference a few...

Muhammad Ali taunted opponents with razor-sharp rhymes, comical one-liners and the type of boxing braggadocio that both endeared him to and angered the masses. Ali was a loudmouth threat to the...

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Security was tightened around Tiananmen Square on the 27th anniversary Saturday of China's bloody military crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests, pointing to the enduring sensitivity over...

The swollen Seine River kept rising Friday, spilling into Paris streets and forcing one landmark after another to shut down as it surged to its highest levels in nearly 35 years. Across the city,...

Muhammad Ali, the magnificent heavyweight champion whose fast fists and irrepressible personality transcended sports and captivated the world, has died according to a statement released by his family....