Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a ...

Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible ...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inviting his mentor Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela during the coming months.

A rocket hit outside the luxury Serena Hotel in Afghanistan's capital late Saturday, wounding at least two, the Interior Ministry ...

Prosecutors on Saturday were expected to request life in prison for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing ...

Pope Benedict XVI is meeting with artists, actors and musicians in the splendor of the Sistine Chapel to renew the Catholic church's ...

The mother who gave up conjoined Bangladeshi newborn twins for adoption said Saturday she is overjoyed the toddlers have been ...

Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son who allegedly spent just over $200 to set up a reliable and untraceable ...

Officials say they have confiscated 75 tons of an explosive material being shipped from Malaysia to Indonesia and are investigating ...

Hugo Chavez is defending alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was a "revolutionary ...

FIFA rejected Ireland's request to replay its World Cup qualifier against France on Friday, but Thierry Henry said a rematch ...

Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods ...

Buckingham Palace says the queen and her husband Prince Philip are celebrating 62 years of marriage quietly without the fanfare ...

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political ...

The IAAF said Friday it is still working behind the scenes with Caster Semenya and the South African government to resolve issues ...