Scheicho Scheifa is haunted by the fear of going blind. A disease called trachoma has turned his eyelids inwards, causing his eyelashes to scar his corneas so badly that one has already turned opaque.

On a frosty Polish winter evening, 96-year-old Esther Senot told the 100 or so shivering students at Auschwitz-Birkenau how she was a teenager much like them when she was first ...

Asian markets rose Friday after a record day on Wall Street in response to Donald Trump's tax-cut pledge, while the yen weakened slightly ahead of an expected interest rate hike ...

Helicopter pilot Tim Thomas has fought dozens of wildfires all over the world, but nothing prepared him for the scale and the challenge of the devastating blazes that ripped through ...

Strong winds wreaked havoc during the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in California on Thursday, forcing a lengthy suspension before play was halted due to ...

Father Bashar Basiel moved freely in and out of his parish in the occupied West Bank until Israeli troops installed gates at the entrance of his village Taybeh overnight, just ...

When Donald Trump was inaugurated in 2017, opponents marched in pink knitted "pussy hats" while protesters abroad plastered streets with images of the new US president as "Star Wars" villain ...

Colombia called on neighboring Venezuela Thursday to help tackle guerrillas blamed for a week of bloody violence that has ...

Mortgage rates dipped below 7% this week as the housing market continued to snuggle into its winter hibernation.The average rate on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 12 basis points to ...

Raids by ICE enforcement that captured so much media attention Thursday may pale by comparison to the litigation possibilities opened by a bill from a North ...

Douglasville police say a driver was using his cell phone to diagnose problems with his vehicle last month when he struck and killed a pedestrian before driving away.

Dutch company U-Boat Worx released images of their new vessel - the Super Sub this week. The firm describes the red aquatic vehicle as one of the most hydrodynamic submersibles ever crafted. Undersea ...