Armed gang members kidnapped pupils and teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, officials said Friday, in the ...

Ukraine woke up Friday to a US proposal that would force it to essentially capitulate to Russia after almost four years of war, requiring Kyiv to give up land, cut ...

European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde warned Friday the region was increasingly "vulnerable" to shocks like US ...

American Breezy Johnson, crowned world downhill champion last winter, expects the toughest race in history next February at ...

Despite a half-century career as one of the world's top-selling authors, 38 books and a bulging bank account, Ken Follett ...

A self-portrait by celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a record ...

Deep in a Thai forest a young man sprints through the undergrowth, blowpipe in hand, before pumping a poisoned dart at a monkey.

Japanese local authorities approved the restart of the world's biggest nuclear plant on Friday for the first time since the ...

At an eel restaurant near Tokyo, four friends sit down to eat a Japanese delicacy now the subject of a heated international ...

During the holiday season, Americans look forward to spending time with family. But thousands of service members will be ...

Miss Mexico was crowned Miss Universe in Thailand on Friday, strutting to victory after the beauty pageant's host had ...

In Washington's embassy district, years' worth of wildly overgrown vegetation outside an empty building was finally pruned away in September as the flag of Syria was raised.