The massive, reeking carcass of a 40-foot gray whale rotted Tuesday at a popular California surfing spot, luring dozens of gawkers while authorities decided whether to tow it out to sea or cut it into...

A French court found a Dutch dentist guilty of assault and fraud Tuesday and sentenced him to eight years in prison. Jacobus Van Nierop, 51, showed no signs of emotion when the court in the...

A Turkish maritime company says six crew members of a tanker ship who were captured by pirates off the coast of Nigeria have been released. The pirates boarded the Malta-flagged M/T Puli on April...

It's so long to Big Ben's bongs - at least temporarily. British officials announced Monday that the famous bell of Parliament will fall silent for several months during repairs to its crumbling...

OBAMA-EUROPE — President Barack Obama casts his decision to send 250 more troops to Syria as a move to keep up "momentum" against Islamic State extremists, and presses European allies to match...

Disturbing footage of an Islamic State terrorist blowing himself to pieces in a Paris restaurant has been broadcast for the first time in France. The images of the death of Brahim Abdeslam, 31,...

Bangladesh police say a top gay rights activist and editor at the country's only LGBT magazine is one of two people who have been hacked to death. The US ambassador to Bangladesh condemned the...

The troubled British department store chain BHS has called in administrators after failing to secure a rescue package, putting 11,000 jobs are at risk. A fixture on Britain's high...

Hungary's prime minister is insisting that the country's constitution bans "Islamization" because the document aims to protect Hungarian language and culture. Prime Minister Viktor Orban also...

The Brussels subway station where 16 people were killed by a suicide bomber has reopened just over a month after the attacks. Security remains high across the underground network, which was hit...