Pope Francis told Mexico's political leaders on Saturday that they have a duty to provide their people with security, "true justice" and basic services as he plunged head-on into the drug-inspired...

Antonio Piani appears to have beaten the odds stacked against refugees finding work in Europe, but the hotel where he works was set up specifically to employ people like him. The 40-year-old says...

Russia's prime minister is accusing the West of rekindling the Cold War, saying sanctions imposed after the annexation of Crimea and new moves by the NATO alliance "only aggravate"...

POPE MEXICO CITY — Pope Francis kicks off his first trip to Mexico on Saturday with speeches to the country's political and ecclesial elites, riding in on the success of his historic...

Four bystanders became local heroes after they dived in to rescue a mother and her toddler who were trapped inside a car which was sinking into a canal in Amsterdam. It is thought the mother was...

A pet Maltese dog named Le Le, 7 years old, was rescued from a collapsed building complex in Tainan, Taiwan.  The Tainan District Prosecutors Office said in a statement Wednesday that they have...

With an exclamation of "Finally," Pope Francis embraced Patriarch Kirill on Friday in the first meeting between a pontiff and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a brief but historic encounter...

Documents seen by The Associated Press show that European Union countries are poised to restrict passport-free travel by invoking an emergency rule for two years due to the migration crisis. Each...

Facebook has lost a crucial legal battle as a Paris court ruled the social network can be sued in France over its decision to remove the account of a French user who posted a photo of a famous...

British police say they have arrested a man wanted over the slaying of a British actress and her two children after he returned to London from Ghana. The Metropolitan Police force says detectives...