Updated: 1:40 PM An East Memphis man has been charged with reckless homicide after his son was fatally shot in the head.

Posted: 1:36 PM An Egyptian university student was fatally stabbed as his girlfriend looked on after three suspected Islamic militants confronted the couple in a park and told them they should not be together if they are not married.

Posted: 1:29 PM An al-Qaida-inspired group claimed responsibility for dozens of attacks across Syria, the latest evidence that extremists are exploiting the chaos to make inroads in another Middle Eastern country.

Posted: 1:18 PM The vote — 39 in favor, 478 against and 165 abstentions — means that as far as the EU is concerned the treaty is finished, at least for the moment, though other countries may well participate.

Posted: 1:15 PM Germany's domestic spy agency faces awkward questions about a possible cover-up after revelations that an official destroyed files related to a neo-Nazi group facing trial

Posted: 1:08 PM The bill, which must be signed by the president to become law, would leave Ukrainian as the only state language but allow the use of Russian in Russian-speaking regions in courts, education and other government institutions.

Posted: 1:01 PM Turkish firefighters were battling several blazes along the Turkish-Syria border on Wednesday in areas that thousands of Syrians have crossed to flee the fighting in their country.

Posted: 12:59 PM Spanish police recovered on Wednesday a priceless 12th-century religious manuscript known as the Codex Calixtinus, which was stolen from a cathedral last year.

Posted: 8:17 AM A car exploded outside a southern Iraqi marketplace on Wednesday, killing at least eight people and wounding 28 in the latest deadly attack in the nation's spiraling cycle of violence.

Posted: 6:04 AM Scientists said Wednesday that they had discovered a new particle whose characteristics match those of the Higgs boson, the most sought-after particle in physics.

Posted: 5:31 AM Having sired hundreds of offspring, Diego has been central to bringing the Espanola Island type of tortoise back from near extinction, rangers at Galapagos National Park say.

Posted: 6:23 AM Physicists say they have all but proven that the "God particle" exists.

Posted: 6:06 AM Syrian President Bashar Assad said he regrets the shooting down of a Turkish jet by his forces, a Turkish newspaper reported Tuesday.

Posted: 6:01 AM Iraqi authorities say at least 25 people have been killed and scores wounded by a vegetable truck that exploded in a market in in a Shiite city south of Baghdad.

Posted: 10:57 AM The party that ruled Mexico with an iron grip for most of the last century has sailed back into power, promising a government that will be modern, responsible and open to criticism.

Posted: 10:55 AM Four aid workers kidnapped at gunpoint from Kenya's largest refugee camp arrived back in Kenya's capital aboard a military helicopter on Monday

Updated: 10:53 AM The success and possible future undoing of President Vladimir Putin lies in the contrast between people like provincial housewife Yekaterina Arsentyeva and Moscow student Kirill Guskov.

Posted: 10:49 AM Unemployment in the 17-country euro currency bloc hit another record in May as the crippling financial crisis pushed the continent toward the brink of recession, official figures showed Monday.

Posted: 10:47 AM Spain's national team headed home Monday after a historic win in Euro 2012 championship final, raising spirits across a country drowning in financial woes.

Posted: 10:46 AM The radical Islamic faction controlling the northern Malian outpost of Timbuktu continued destroying the city's ancient tombs on Monday, laying waste to the city's five-hundred-year-old heritage.

Posted: 10:41 AM European markets made further gains Monday as investors continued to cheer the continent's latest efforts to deal with a debt crisis that has clouded the outlook for the global economy.

Posted: 10:37 AM Israel's prime minister has dissolved a high-profile committee assigned to reform the country's military draft law to spread the burden among more sectors of society.

Posted: 8:35 AM Scientists say enough evidence has been gathered to show that the long-sought "God particle" answering fundamental questions about the universe does indeed exist.

Posted: 8:33 AM No matter what happens in Week 2, this Wimbledon will be remembered. Most of all, for 11-time major champion Rafael Nadal's second-round defeat to a player ranked 100th.

Posted: 8:31 AM Apple has paid $60 million to settle a dispute in China over ownership of the iPad name, a court announced Monday.