France urged its European Union partners on Tuesday to speed up efforts to cut off funds to extremists groups, nearly a month after the Paris attacks. "We have to go faster, but also further,...

A South African judge has granted bail to Oscar Pistorius, pending sentencing for his murder conviction. The country's Supreme Court of Appeal convicted him on Thursday of murdering girlfriend...

Members of the California rock band Eagles of Death Metal have made a surprise return to a Paris stage, less than a month after suicide bombers stormed the band's Nov. 13 gig at the Bataclan...

Pope Francis declared today that mercy trumps moralizing in the Catholic Church, as he opened a special Holy Year marked by unprecedented security aimed at thwarting a Paris-style attack at the...

Donald Trump has called for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States," a dramatic escalation of his rhetoric on Islam and an idea widely condemned by his rival...

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-TRUMP-MUSLIMS MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina — Donald Trump calls for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States," a dramatic escalation of his...

The San Bernardino killers had been radicalized "for quite some time" and had taken target practice at area gun ranges, in one instance just days before the attack that left 14 people dead, the FBI...

Schools closed and rush-hour roads were much quieter than normal as Beijing invoked its first-ever red alert for smog Tuesday, closing many factories and imposing restrictions to keep half the city's...

The president of the European Council says talks on reforms to keep Britain in the European Union are difficult but that he hopes an offer can be made to the country in February. Donald Tusk said...

A Vatican tribunal agreed Monday to let the defense call some of Pope Francis' top advisers, including his secretary of state, to testify in a trial over leaked documents, as the Holy See sought to...