Forget abandoning carbohydrates or detoxing. The new dieting craze sweeping Britain and taking off in the United State…

A man defaced a portrait of Britain's Queen Elizabeth with paint at London's Westminster Abbey on Thursday, wi…

"Happy Birthday to You," the ditty sung around the world in tribute to everyone from toddlers to centenarian…

U.S. officials on Thursday unveiled the 400-page diary of Alfred Rosenberg, a top aide to Adolf Hitler, who oversaw th…

An artificially aged label was among the clues that a pricey magnum of French wine sold by celebrity chef Charlie Trot…

A barrel-chested 91-year-old strongman from Arizona shattered the world record for the bench press in his dwindling ag…

Standing on a foot ladder, Jeff Scanell bent down, pinched his girlfriend's red lace brassiere between his thumb a…

Cash-strapped Zimbabwe may have to field two goalkeepers in their 2014 World Cup soccer qualifier against Guinea in Co…

President Obama's decision to arm Syrian rebels for the first time follows an intense, nearly two-year debate with…

Crews battling a deadly wildfire that is the most destructive on record in Colorado have contained almost half of the …

Facebook and Microsoft have struck agreements with the U.S. government to release limited information about the number…

Ask the younger protesters who have taken to Turkey's streets over the past two weeks what they are fighting for, …

A few hundred rights advocates and political activists marched through Hong Kong on Saturday to demand protection for …

Iranian voters weary of years of economic isolation and tightening political restrictions threw down a blunt demand fo…

Militants in a volatile region of western Pakistan bombed a bus carrying women students on Saturday and then seized pa…

Google Inc has launched a small network of balloons over the Southern Hemisphere in an experiment it hopes could bring…

The United States said on Saturday it would keep F-16 fighters and Patriot missiles in Jordan at Amman's request, …

Turkish riot police stormed an Istanbul park at the heart of two weeks of protest against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoga…

Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday with a resounding defeat of conservativ…