May 23, 2013 The captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship will go on trial from July 9 for manslaughter over the January 2012 disaster in which 32 people lost their lives, an Italian judge ruled on Wednesday.

May 23, 2013 A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first face transplant.

May 23, 2013 British police have shot and wounded two men after a man thought to be a serving soldier was killed outside a London barracks, in what eyewitnesses described as an attempted beheading.

May 23, 2013 The scale of destruction in Moore on the fringe of Oklahoma City was so vast that during the first full day of recovery authorities could do little more for dazed survivors than clear the roads and sling a protective perimeter around them.

May 23, 2013 Is Pope Francis an exorcist?

May 23, 2013 Tensions are rising along Syria's borders as government forces battle to regain control of a strategic border town from rebel fighters.

May 22, 2013 The scale of destruction in Moore on the fringe of Oklahoma City was so vast that during the first full day of recovery authorities could do little more for dazed survivors than clear the roads and sling a protective perimeter around them.

May 22, 2013 Four Australian companies have made the list of the world's 100 most powerful brands, with the top spot going to technology giant Apple.

May 22, 2013 Insulation rained down on his head. He could hear glass shattering, walls crumbling and the roof tearing from his one-story home that sits in the shadow of a multiplex here.

May 22, 2013 India and China are mending ties through trade.