This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 12 December....

As the Soviet Union was breaking up 25 years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev expected the United States and its allies to provide vital aid. The former Soviet president thinks their failure to offer...

 Lawyers for Bill Cosby will battle in court starting Tuesday as they try to limit the number of other accusers who can testify at his sexual assault trial. Prosecutors hope to call 13 other...

Police are seeking more information about a London train station stabbing after several eyewitnesses said a suspect shouted anti-Muslim slogans....

Italian Premier-designate Paolo Gentiloni succeeded in forming a new government on Monday, keeping key ministers from the coalition of fellow Democrat Matteo Renzi, who resigned last week....

One of the most respected soccer managers in England has been suspended amid a widening investigation into sexual abuse by youth coaches in Britain. Dario Gradi, who was honored by Queen...

The bombing of the Cairo Coptic St Mark’s Cathedral is a criminal attack on the freedom of worship and peaceful coexistence between different faiths, Imam Mohammad Elsadi said.  “We...

Premier-designate Paolo Gentiloni says he has quickly completed sounding out political leaders on his proposed Democrat-led Cabinet and will tell Italy's president later Monday evening if he's...

Authorities say an 8-year-old boy who was playing in a church cemetery was killed after a tombstone broke and fell on top of him. The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office says the boy was attending a...