German voters headed to the polls on Sunday to elect the lower house of Parliament, which in turn chooses the chancellor.

Mexico began to dig out Saturday from the one-two punch of storms Manuel and Ingrid. A helicopter that went down during rescue work was found.

Usagi, the most powerful typhoon of the year, hit the Philippines and Taiwan with heavy rain and winds and was expected to reach Hong Kong soon.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the former political proxy of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, won 30 seats in the 38-member provincial council in Sri Lanka.

A farmer In Egypt was arrested for allegedly insulting a military chief by adorning a donkey with the general's name and an army-style cap.

British intelligence agency GCHQ hacked into Belgium's biggest telecommunications company, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden.

Three explosions killed at least 65 mourners gathered in a tent in Baghdad's Shiite Muslim stronghold of Sadr City on Saturday, authorities said.

Thursday's interview with Pope Francis will force pastors who have stridently condemned homosexuality or women who have had abortions to change their tone.

In an attempt to lure Taliban leaders into negotiations, Pakistan released former Taliban second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

Four men have been charged in connection with the theft of 1.3 million pounds ($2.1 million) from a Barclays Bank branch in the UK.

In a setback to efforts to improve relations between the Koreas, the North ordered the indefinite postponement of a scheduled series of reunions for families.

The search for victims of a massive landslide in the remote mountain village of La Pintada in Mexico continues as soldiers dig through tons of mud.

Western forces have been wary of giving further support to opposition forces who are not only beset by internal divisions, but the rising influence of al-Qaida.

Are relations thawing between Iran and the U.S. or are Hasan Rouhani's op-ed in the Washington Post and letters to President Obama a charm offensive?

EU diplomats delivering emergency aid to West Bank Palestinians after Israel razed their homes, stables and a school were manhandled by Israeli soldiers.

Disarming Syria of its chemical weapons took another step forward as it sent a declaration of its program to the agency that polices the weapons.

Al-Qaida militants took advantage of heavy fog to launch coordinated attacks on military barracks in Yemen, killing at least 38 soldiers.

Now that Mogadishu is better secured from Al-Qaida-linked attacks, Somali property brokers are scurrying to handle a real estate boom.

Seventeen people drowned in an Indian river during a festival as they were immersing clay statues of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is predicted to win a third term Sunday, but the other candidates will also mold the next government.

As Hurricane Manuel made landfall in northern Mexico, homes were smothered, the ground shook and massive landslides swept people away.

World powers are deep into planning for how to rid Syria of its chemical weapons. Here are some answers about what's in the works.

A U.S. ban on the Venezuelan president's plane flying over US airspace, which officials called an "aggression," was lifted after a last-minute approval.

Unless the Catholic Church focuses on being a welcoming, healing place instead of on doctrine about divisive issues, it will fail, the pope says.

Well-known Hollywood stunt pilot David Riggs, whose U.S. license had been suspended, was the star of a Chinese air show when a stunt went awry.

Vladimir Putin has been in power in Russia since 2000 and a fourth term would keep him there until 2024, longer than Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's 18-year stay.

The head of Saudi Arabia's morality police stressed that he has no authority to change Saudi policy, which prohibits women from driving.