Pope Francis says the world is at war, but is stressing that it's not a war of religions. Francis spoke to reporters on the papal plane en route from Rome to Poland, where he began a five-day...

A man who admitted to killing his girlfriend's severely disabled child by putting vodka in the boy's feeding tube has been sentenced to three years in prison. Walter Richters of Hardwick,...

Security was high Wednesday as groups of cheerful young pilgrims from around the globe gathered in the streets of Krakow, in southern Poland, just hours before Pope Francis arrives to join World Youth...

Sheriff's investigators say a man fatally shot his 1-year-old daughter and injured his 7-year-old son before killing himself during an argument with the children's mother along a South Florida...

About a month on from Britain's vote to leave the European Union, there's little evidence that economic activity across the continent has been derailed yet. That's some reassurance for the...

France's main religious leaders have sent a message of unity and solidarity following a meeting with French President Francois Hollande after Islamic State extremists attacked a Catholic church and...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 26 July...

Even before Turkey was thrown into crisis by a coup attempt, its deal with the European Union to stop migration westward was under strain: Turks did not get the visa-free travel they were promised,...

There have been millions of words, decades of video and reams of commentary devoted to their story. It's been dissected, defended and decried at kitchen tables and on cable news, in tabloids and...

A stunning video shows a lightning bolt striking the Empire State Building during a storm passing through New York City. A frame of the video shared by journalist Henrik Moltke shows...