Statement by Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey on the Ottoman Armenians Who Lost Their Lives During The Last Years of the Ottoman Empire During the last years of...

European Union leaders gathering for an extraordinary summit are facing calls from all sides to take emergency action to save lives in the Mediterranean, where hundreds of migrants are missing and...

Officials say a pair of Elton John's heart-shapedglasses has been stolen from a display case at a Memphis museum. Memphis police said Wednesday the glasses were taken from the...

Bound by the laws of the sea to help vessels in distress, shipping companies say Europe's migration crisis has placed unreasonable demands on their crews to act as lifesavers in the...

Two bystanders rescued a man in Washington DC when his wheelchair rolled off the platform at a metro station. Their heroic action was captured on video. Footage shows the wheelchair falling...

More than 400 rescued people were brought ashore by Italian coastguards on Wednesday morning. The number of people attempting to flee war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa, particularly...

Pope Francis will visit Cuba before arriving in the United States in the last week of September, the Vatican said Wednesday. The Vatican spokesman, Rev. Federico Lombardi, confirmed the Cuba leg...

On the eve of an emergency summit in Brussels, Amnesty International is publishing a Blueprint for Action calling on European governments to take immediate and effective steps to end an ongoing...

Denmark has outlawed bestiality, putting the small Scandinavian country in line with several European neighbors, including Germany, Sweden and Norway. In a 91-75 vote, Danish lawmakers approved...

An Islamic extremist with an arsenal of heavy weapons planned an imminent attack on one or more French churches, France's top security official said Wednesday, announcing the arrest of the man who is...