POLAND-AUSCHWITZ-ANNIVERSARY OSWIECIM, Poland — When the Soviet army entered Auschwitz exactly 70 years ago, finding piles of corpses and prisoners close to death, a Russian soldier took a...

The mother of a Japanese hostage held by Islamic State extremists appealed publicly Wednesday to Japan's leader to save her son after his captors issued what they said was a final death...

A Jewish leader stood before 300 survivors of the Nazis' most notorious death camp on Tuesday and asked world leaders to prevent anotherAuschwitz, warning of a rise of anti-Semitism that has made many...

An online message purportedly from the Islamic State group warned Tuesday that a Japanese hostage and Jordanian pilot the extremists hold have less than "24 hours left to live." The message,...

A Greek economist and outspoken bailout critic has been named as finance minister in the country's new left-wing government. The 53-year-old Yanis Varoufakis was named as Prime Minister Alexis...

A British judge is opening an inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence agent who died from radioactive poisoning in London in 2006. Litvinenko, who had become...

Streets across the Northeast were nearly empty early Tuesday after cities from Boston to New York and Philadelphia shut down amid a monster storm expected to unload up to 3 feet (90 centimeters) of...

Facebook is suffering a widespread outage Tuesday affecting users in the United States, Asia and Australia. The social media giant's Instagram service is also inaccessible. Instagram said on...

GREECE-ELECTION ATHENS, Greece - Greece's Syriza party gains the key backing needed to form a government, creating a surprise alliance with a small right-wing party that signals possible...

A Japanese envoy in Jordan expressed hope that both a Japanese hostage and a Jordanian pilot held by Islamic militants will return home "with a smile on their faces," as criticisms mounted Tuesday...