U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Libya continued for a second day Tuesday, as President Barack Obama called the new bombing campaign critical to protecting U.S. national...

A medium-range ballistic missile fired Wednesday by North Korea flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) and landed near Japan's territorial waters, Seoul and Tokyo officials said, the...

Pope Francis has lamented that children are being taught at school that gender can be a choice, adding that his predecessor, Benedict XVI has labeled current times "the epoch of sin against God the...

A child has died of anthrax in Siberia in the first fatal outbreak of the bacterial disease reported in Russia in 75 years, the regional governor's office said on Tuesday. A 12-year-old nomad...

Pope Francis has set up a panel to study whether women could serve as deacons, a role now reserved to men. The Vatican said Tuesday Francis "after intense prayer and mature reflection" decided to...

The recent stress tests into Europe's biggest banks were meant to reassure that, on the whole, they are strong enough to withstand another crisis. A slump in share prices across the sector since last...

A sinkhole filled with swirling water has opened up in the backyard of a home in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, ABC news reports A neighbour alerted Lynn and Ray McKay after noticing the hole opening...

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Malta may not instantly register in the mind as an international aviation hub. But singers Beyonce and Mariah Carey, actor Hugh Jackman and wrestler The Rock beg to differ. Writing on Bloomberg,...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested Monday that he fears the general election "is going to be rigged" — an unprecedented assertion by a modern presidential...