Chinese health officials say only 700,000 newly-qualified couples have applied for having a second child this year, far below earlier estimates that an easing in the country's birth policy would add 1...

It's been nearly 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, but Harald Jaeger has no trouble remembering exactly where he was when the first border crossing was opened. He was, after all, the...

Egyptian troops are pressing ahead with the demolition of hundreds of homes along the border with the Gaza Strip, cutting off electricity and firing warning shots in the air in a heavy-handed campaign...

The human populations now predominant in Eurasia and East Asia probably split between 36,200 and 45,000 years ago, according to a study released Thursday. Researchers used new techniques to...

INTERNATIONAL COURT-ISRAEL THE HAGUE, Netherlands -Israeli forces may have committed war crimes when they stormed an aid flotilla boat heading to Gaza in 2010, but the possible crimes are not...

The retired Navy SEAL who says he shot al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in the forehead publicly identified himself Thursday amid a debate among special operations brethren about whether they should...

In a blow to anti-Islamist factions, Libya's highest court on Thursday ruled that general elections held in June were unconstitutional, the country's parliament and government which resulted from that...

The Dallas nurse who flew on a commercial jet before being diagnosed with Ebola says she wasn't careless or reckless. In an interview Thursday on NBC's "Today" show, Amber Vinson also said she...

Israel's prime minister says he has spoken to Jordan's King Abdullah II in a bid to ease mounting tensions around Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site. The two leaders spoke over the phone on...

One of Belgium's biggest post-war labour demonstrations brought about 100,000 workers to the capital on Thursday to protest government free-market reforms and austerity measures that they claim...