Europe's rail system is at the heart of its open borders, a way for passengers to travel on some of the world's fastest and most sophisticated mass transit with no need for passports or even...

The Vatican has gotten embroiled in a modern-day, secular version of the Index of Banned Books. The Holy See press office had to set the record straight on Friday after the Italian media...

Rescue workers counted dozens of victims Friday from the increasingly desperate tide of humanity sweeping into Europe fleeing war, oppression and poverty. Austrian police said 71 people likely...

TROPICAL WEATHER SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Tropical Storm Erika is losing its punch as it drenches Haiti and the Dominican Republic, but it left devastation in its path, killing...

The woman who survived the on-air shooting that killed two TV journalists says she never saw the gunman walk up because the camera's bright light blinded her. Vicki Gardner was answering...

Prosecutors in Sicily detained 10 people on suspicion of smuggling and murder Friday for having allegedly crammed dozens of migrants into the airless hold of a boat where 52 bodies were...

The Vatican says its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, who has been charged by church prosecutors with sexually abusing children in the Caribbean country, has died of apparent natural...

The number of migrants found dead in a truck abandoned on Austria's main highway to Hungary has risen to 71, the Interior Ministry said Friday. The count reported Friday by Interior...

Greece's new prime minister, a top judge who is the country's first female premier, was to name the members of her caretaker government Friday as the country heads to early elections next month, the...

NEW ORLEANS — Former President George W. Bush returns Friday to New Orleans — the scene of one of his presidency's lowest points — to tout the region's recovery from the nation's...