The Taliban attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday, setting off at least one large bomb and igniting a gunbattle with security forces, police and witnesses said. An Associated Press reporter...

Pope Francis has denounced what he calls the "great powers" of the world for failing to act when there was intelligence indicating Jews, Christians, homosexuals and others were being transported...

The South Carolina church where nine people died in a gun attack by an alleged white supremacist less than a week ago reopened to worshippers today. Worshippers attended the first service at...

A day ahead of a crucial emergency eurozone summit, European leaders renewed efforts to reach a deal between Greece and its creditors that would allow the debt-ridden country to avoid a default and a potentially disastrous exit from the euro....

Millions of yoga enthusiasts across the world bent and twisted their bodies in complex postures Sunday to mark International Yoga Day. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Thousands of revelers, new-agers and self-styled Druids descended on the ancient stone circle at Stonehenge on Sunday, catching a brief glimpse of the sun as they marked the summer solstice —...

Italian prosecutors are seeking to indict 297 people and the Bank of China in connection with a massive money-laundering investigation reported by The Associated Press earlier this...

Pope Francis paused in silent prayer before the Shroud of TurinSunday, becoming the latest of hundreds of thousands of people who have come this year to Turin's cathedral to view the...

French President Francois Hollande says everything must be done to keep financially-ailing Greece in the eurozone. Hollande said that "if the Greeks leave the eurozone it won't be...

CHARLESTON SHOOTING-CONFEDERATE FLAG COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Crowds of protesters and two prominent Republicans call for removing the Confederate flag from the grounds of South...