A man has been charged with child destruction after a pregnant woman was so badly beaten she lost her baby. Kevin Wilson is in custody after being charged in a London court Thursday. He is also...

Optimism was in short supply over the prospects of a deal Thursday that might prevent Greece's bankruptcy, as officials gathered for a keenly awaited meeting of eurozone finance ministers. With...

A Catholic church near the Sea of Galilee was heavily damaged by fire Thursday in a possible attack by Jewish extremists. A fire broke out at the Church of the Multiplication in the middle of the...

Pope Francis called Thursday for a bold cultural revolution to correct what he calls the "structurally perverse" economic system of the rich exploiting the poor that is turning Earth into an...

Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing Germany's European Union partners to share the burden of hosting a surge of asylum-seekers, arguing that solidarity should be a "matter of course." The bloc's...

Syria overtook Afghanistan to become the world's biggest source of refugees last year, while the number of people forced from their homes by conflicts worldwide rose to a record 59.5 million, the...

BERKELEY BALCONY COLLAPSE BERKELEY, California — The balcony collapse that killed six college students appears to have been caused by rotted wooden beams, Berkeley's mayor says as the...

Pope Francis has made an appeal as a series of migrant crises rage around the globe: Don't close the door to those seeking a better life. Francis made the comments during his weekly general...

A white man opened fire during a prayer meeting inside a historic black church in downtown Charleston on Wednesday night, killing nine people in an assault that authorities described as a hate crime....

Doctors say quadruplets born prematurely a month ago to a 65-year-old woman in Germany are doing well and gaining weight but one remains on a respirator. Berlin's Charite hospital said Wednesday...