A fire at a nursing home in western Sri Lanka killed 12 residents and injured eight others, police said Thursday. The fire started late Wednesday at the home in ...

When Brazilian João Victor Gonçalves began playing soccer in one of Rio de Janeiro ’s poorest and most violent favelas, ...

Supporters of opposition political figures and state security forces fought in armed clashes Thursday that erupted in Somalia ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Sherpa guide was found alive on Mount Everest a week after he went missing and a helicopter was flying him to a hospital Thursday, rescuers said. Dawa Sherpa was last seen ...

Beijing banned four New Zealand lawmakers from traveling to China for a year and demanded they apologize because they visited Taiwan on a parliamentary trip, ...

Chinese authorities are snuffing out any remembrance of the deadly 1989 military crackdown on student-led pro-democracy ...

A massive black cloud rising above the St. Petersburg skyline from a Ukrainian drone strike set a gloomy tone for the opening ...

Ford is recalling almost 420,000 vehicles because of a seat belt issue that may result in an injury if a crash occurs. The ...

Officials could be seen walking around and in an empty Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool around 5 p.m. local time Wednesday, ...

Officials suspect that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday, marking possibly the first time in decades that it has ...

The Abilene Zoo is mourning the loss of Kito, the male giraffe who called the zoo home for more than a decade. Zoo officials ...

For 27 years, Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes have given athletes something to look forward to in the summer.