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More than 660 saved by flotilla of coast guard and navy ships in one day as warmer weather leads to surge of people attempting to cross from Africa A flotilla of ships saved 668 people from boats in the Mediterranean Sea...

Iraqi forces face a growing threat from roadside bombs and ambushes as they take on Islamic State militants on multiple fronts.

More than 700 migrants may have drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe in the last few days, according to the UN.

Iraqi government forces have made some gains in their efforts to retake Falluja, which is under the control of so-called Islamic State militants.

The makeshift constitution is the latest effort to model post-conflict Syria in the Russian vision.

China's decision to allow all married couples to have two children is driving a surge in demand for fertility treatment among older women, putting heavy pressure on clinics and breaking down past sensitivities, and even ...

The Cincinnati Zoo has temporarily closed its gorilla exhibit after a special zoo response team shot and killed a 17-year-old gorilla that grabbed and dragged a 4-year-old boy who fell into a moat

A Chinese laundry detergent maker apologized for the harm caused by the spread of an ad in which a black man "washed" by its product was transformed into a fair-skinned Asian man. …

Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Bonnie soaked the coasts of South Carolina, southeastern North Carolina and eastern Georgia, ruining the start of Memorial Day weekend even as it weakened while moving northward.

Authorities say a man trapped in his crashed vehicle on a central Arizona mountain for three days was rescued thanks to a couple taking sightseeing photos

Rescuers continue search for Yamato Tanooka, seven, in Hokkaido mountains after parents told police he got lost hiking The parents of a seven-year-old Japanese boy missing in the mountains have said they had left him as ...

Iraq's special forces have completed a troop buildup around Fallujah ahead of an operation to retake the Islamic State-held city west of Baghdad

Report, expected to be highly critical of Blair, had focused on claims that he committed UK to invasion before he told parliament and public Tony Blair has suggested that he will refuse to accept the verdict of the Chilc...

Ukraine's emergency services say a pre-dawn fire has swept through a private home for the elderly, killing 17 people and injuring five others

Israel's internal security service says it has arrested six Palestinians from the West Bank suspected of preparing explosives and planning the bomb attack on a bus in Jerusalem that wounded 21 Israelis last month. …

Is it a democratic move or another step towards a one-man rule?

Quake that shakes WA goldfields on Saturday and Sunday caused by tectonic plate stress An earthquake that shook Western Australia's goldfields overnight had the strength of an "atomic bomb" blasting underground. Three ea...

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will press for more concerted action on the war-torn countries of Syria and Yemen during a tour of the Gulf states.

Ukraine will find it easier to persuade European Union countries to renew sanctions on Russia this summer in the event it shows progress in pushing reforms and tackling corruption, the former chief of NATO told Reuters S...

Yemeni security officials say at least 52 people have been killed and 25 injured in two days of fighting in central Yemen between rebels and forces loyal to the internationally recognized government. …

(Reuters) - One suspect was dead and a second was wounded in a shooting in Houston, while another person was found dead in a vehicle, police said on Sunday.