POPE-SOUTH AMERICA CAACUPE, Paraguay — When Pope Francis was archbishop of Buenos Aires, he often visited the Villa 21 slum where many Paraguayan immigrants live, celebrating baptisms...

Pope Francis began the third and final leg of his South American pilgrimage Friday by honoring Paraguay's democratic progress after leaving the most outcast members of Bolivian society - inmates...

Greece's parliament backed the government's reform plan containing austerity measures to win a third bailout early Saturday, but with the government suffering significant losses from dissenting...

Omar Sharif, the Egyptian-born actor who soared to international stardom in two David Lean epics, "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago," has died. He was 83. Sharif's longtime agent, Steve...

Two Kazakhs who were co-accused along with Rakhat Aliyev over the murder of two bankers in 2007 have been acquitted of the charges and walked free out of court this afternoon.  Rakhat Aliyev, a...

Poland's offer to accept 2,000 refugees from Africa and the Middle East as part of a European Union plan was thrown into doubt Friday when the junior partner in its coalition government complained of...

Tunisia's prime minister insisted Friday that his country has done "everything in our power" to protect foreign tourists, as the British government urged travelers to flee because of the threat of...

This hungry U.S. Labrador has some unusual taste buds. A Pennsylvania veterinarian retrieved 62 hair bands, eight pairs of underwear and a bandage from the dog's stomach during exploratory...

A man shot and killed two people in the southern German region of Bavaria on Friday, and fired at two others before being apprehended by authorities, police said. At about 11:30 a.m. (0930 GMT),...

A European Union official says the eurozone's 19 leaders may scrap a scheduled meeting on Sunday if finance ministers give their blessing to Greek proposals for bailout cash. The finance...