LONDON — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was hospitalized Sunday over an apparent stomach infection that has ailed her for days, a rare instance of ill health sidelining th...
VATICAN CITY — Cardinals from around the world gathered today inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scand...
VATICAN CITY — On his last morning in office today, Pope Benedict XVI pledged to respect and obey his successor and told the church’s cardinals that he would pray for th...
Only pilot, 1 tourist survive
LUXOR, Egypt — Health officials say the death toll from a hot air balloon accident in Egypt has risen to 19 after a British tourist died of ...
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — In the age of instant information, globe-spanning viral videos and the Internet, can a thoroughly wired country become a porn-free zone? Authorities...
HAVANA — The man tapped as the likely heir-apparent to Raul Castro is largely unknown off the island, but his rise to the country’s No. 2 job was anything but meteoric. ...
PRETORIA, South Africa — A substance found in Oscar Pistorius’ bedroom was an “herbal remedy” and not banned, his defense lawyer said today after police claimed they dis...
PRETORIA, South Africa — Olympian Oscar Pistorius fired into the door of a small bathroom where his girlfriend was cowering after a shouting match on Valentine's Day, hi...
CHELYABINSK, Russia — A small army of workers set to work Saturday to replace the estimated 50 acres of windows shattered by the shock wave from a meteor that exploded o...
MOSCOW — A meteor that scientists estimate weighed 11 tons streaked at supersonic speed over Russia’s Ural Mountains today, setting off blasts that injured some 500 peop...
