Pope Francis will make his first trip to Africa in November, visiting Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic in a pilgrimage that will bring him face to face with Islamic extremism and...

As if fear, hunger, thirst, worry and exhaustion were not enough to endure, new trials emerged Thursday for those on the 1,000 mile-plus trek into Europe: torrential rains and thick mud. About...

A joint resolution pushed by the EPP, S&D, ALDE and the Greens in the European Parliament was passed today, reiterating Parliament’s call to amend the existing Dublin Regulation to include a...

The influx of refugees to Europe was triggered in part by donors taking the "cheap option" and not giving enough aid to displaced Syrians in Middle Eastern asylum countries, the head of the U.N....

HOLOCAUST-CONGESS IRAN NUCLEAR WASHINGTON — Some of the most strident opponents of the nuclear accord with Iran are invoking memories of the Holocaust in an effort to defeat the agreement,...

A father repeatedly stabbed his three young sons to death with a knife in the back seat of their car outside a South Los Angeles elementary school Wednesday before it's believed he turned the blade on...

The Islamic State group on Wednesday claimed to be holding a Norwegian man and a Chinese consultant hostage and demanded ransom for their release. The extremist group posted pictures of the two...

Denmark's police chief says his officers have been ordered not to stop hundreds of refugees and migrants who have entered the country via Germany....

Queen Elizabeth II reached a major milestone Wednesday, becoming the longest-reigning monarch in Britain's history by passing Queen Victoria, who served for 63 years and seven...

A Hungarian camerawoman has been fired after being filmed deliberately tripping Syrian refugees as they ran away from police near the Serbian border. Petra Laszlo, working for local TV...