The Vatican on Saturday fired a monsignor who came out as gay on the eve of a big meeting of the world's bishops to discuss church outreach to gays, divorcees and more traditional Catholic...

UNITED STATES-RUSSIA WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is vehemently rejecting Russia's military actions in Syria as self-defeating and dismissing the idea that Moscow is strengthening...

More than a hundred migrants tried to get into the Channel Tunnel in France overnight, clashing with staff and police and forcing the suspension of rail services, a spokesman for Eurotunnel said....

The 26-year-old gunman who opened fire on fellow students in his community college English class, killing nine people, was an Army boot camp dropout who studied mass shooters before becoming one...

The medical charity MSF said today that at least three of its staff were killed in the Afghan city of Kunduz after a clinic was hit by an air strike on Saturday.  US forces were carrying out...

The U.N. refugee agency is reporting a "noticeable drop" this week in arrivals of refugees by sea into Greece — as the total figure for the year nears the 400,000 mark. Citing cooler,...

The Vatican says Pope Francis' meeting with Kim Davis "should not be considered a form of support of her position." After days of confusion, the Vatican issued a statement Friday clarifying...

OREGON SCHOOL SHOOTING ROSEBURG, Oregon — A gunman opens fire inside a classroom at a rural Oregon community college, killing at least nine people before dying in a shootout with police,...

The death toll in the Saudi hajj disaster rose sharply Thursday as Iran announced 465 of its pilgrims died in last week's stampede and crush, nearly doubling its earlier count and likely further...

The European Union is threatening to take action against Hungary over laws it has introduced to limit the flow of migrants through its territory. Hungary introduced laws on Sept. 21 making it a...