The Portuguese navy thwarted an attack on a local fishing boat by pirates off the coast of Somalia, officials said on Thursday.

U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed the appointment of the EU's first president Thursday, saying it would make Europe an “even stronger partner” for the United States.

Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomatic dispute between the Andean neighbors.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who many Republicans have been pushing to run for governor in 2010, is instead leaning more toward a run for U.S. Senate, according to two party advisers.

A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan Friday, first at a shooting range and then at a World War II historical site, killing four people and wounding six others before fatally shooting himself, officials said.

A U.S. soldier in Japan has apologized over a deadly hit-and-run accident, his lawyer said Friday, in a high-profile case that comes amid a bilateral row over American military bases.

A key U.N. committee late Thursday strongly condemned human rights violations in Myanmar and urged the government to release more than 2,000 political prisoners and open the upcoming elections to all political parties.

A group of volunteer Santa Claus “elves” in Alaska's frigid interior is determined to save a popular holiday letter service featuring the North Pole's most beloved icon.

A 2-year-old in north Mississippi has done something few toddlers can: He helped his mother give birth to his brother.

An 18-year-old is in police custody after he warmed up a bottle for a crying baby inside the house he was allegedly robbing.