The family of a 19-year-old Franco-German cyclist arrested in Iran while on a Europe-to-Asia bike trip has said he is "innocent" and demanded proof he was alive from Iranian authorities.

A fire tore through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut overnight, killing at least 61 people, ...

Civil defence teams rescued more than 45 people who were trapped inside the building, which includes a restaurant and a supermarket.

The blaze -- the latest in a country where safety regulations are frequently neglected -- broke out late Wednesday, reportedly starting on the first floor before rapidly engulfing the five-storey ...

Today in History for July 15: In 1099, the Muslim citizens of Jerusalem surrendered their city to the armies of the First Crusade. The Crusaders then proceeded, through misguided religious zeal, to ...

Israel threatened to escalate attacks on Syrian government forces unless they withdrew from Sweida, a southern province ...

The death of a 9-year-old girl whose father initially reported she was missing and possibly abducted is being investigated ...

He says federal agents never told him why he was arrested nor allowed him to contact a lawyer or his family during his ...

An American extradited from France to face charges that he sexually assaulted a fellow Pennsylvania college student in 2013 — ...

The Project Lifesaver program is now being made available at no cost to residents of Martinsville and Henry County.

Nebraska State Patrol troopers found a dead woman in a vehicle that fled troopers and crashed around 2 a.m. Wednesday west of ...

Collier County, Florida, uses a Next Generation 911 system, allowing callers to send texts and videos. Many others are still ...