A European aid group says migrants are telling rescuers that several ships passed them by in the Mediterranean Sea without helping.

Egypt’s official news agency says security forces have killed at least 12 Islamic militants in a shootout in northern Sinai Peninsula.

Syrian opposition activists say an explosion in the country’s north has killed at least 18 people and wounded many others. The cause of the blast wasn’t immediately known.

The Latest on developments in Jordan after a deadly shootout between Jordanian forces, suspected militants (all times local):

Malians are voting in a presidential runoff election between incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and opposition leader Soumaila Cisse.

In this age of political rancor, Ed Case wants to bring bipartisanship back to Washington, D.C.

Pakistani police say a collision between a bus and a truck has left five members of the security forces dead and 12 injured.

A NASA spacecraft zoomed toward the sun Sunday on an unprecedented quest to get closer to our star than anything ever sent before.

The colossal Roman-era Verona Arena amphitheater remains an imposing presence in the northern Italian city’s main piazza, but its place in the opera world has waned in recent years.

A day after tensions between police and community activists nearly boiled over on the University of Virginia’s campus, the city of Charlottesville plans to mark Sunday’s anniversary of a deadly gathering of white supremacists with a rally against racial hatred. But some 115 miles (185 kilometers) away in Washington, the principal organizer of last year’s 'Unite the Right' event will hold a 'white civil rights rally,' and police are preparing for crowds of counterprotesters.