A Milan court on Wednesday convicted the designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of tax evasion.

Now that Kim Kardashian has had her baby, all eyes are turning to London and the impending birth of the next royal heir.

Australian endurance athlete Chloe McCardel stroked through the open waters north of Cuba on Wednesday, determined to become the first person to swim the Straits of Florida

Japan's Jiroemon Kimura, who had been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person and the oldest man ever, died Wednesday of

Serena Williams won her 16th Grand Slam title and her first French Open championship since 2002 when she beat familiar foil Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 on

Queen Elizabeth II's husband has been admitted to a London hospital for an exploratory operation, Buckingham Palace said Thursday.

Oscar Pistorius appeared briefly in a South African court Tuesday for a hearing ahead of the double-amputee Olympian's murder trial for the shooting death of

Britain's Prince Charles met Monday with Romania's president, part of a trip to a country he has long had an affinity for.

A fire that trapped workers in a cluttered slaughterhouse in northeastern China has killed at least 119 people.

China, India and Pakistan have increased their nuclear weapons by about 10 warheads each in the past year, and other nuclear states appear set on maintaining

A Chinese newborn who was trapped in a sewer pipe moments after his birth has been released from hospital into the care of his grandparents. Local officials

The fisherman wanted his photo shot with a beaver. The beaver had other ideas: It attacked the 60-year-old man with razor-sharp teeth, slicing an artery and

Hurricane Barbara has formed in the Pacific and is headed toward Mexico's southern coast.

Wrestling, squash and baseball-softball made the IOC short list Wednesday for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics.

A baby was rescued from a sewer pipe after it was apparently abandoned by its parents.