The devastating hollow-point bullets fired by Oscar Pistorius from his powerful handgun "ripped" through Reeva Steenkamp's body, the chief prosecutor said Friday at the end of the athlete's sentencing...

The Vatican is watering down a ground-breaking overture to gays - but only if they speak English. After a draft report by bishops debating family issues came under criticism from many...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be attending the beatification of Pope Paul VI when the ceremony takes place at the Vatican on Sunday. Pope Paul VI had ordained Joseph Ratzinger as...

Brazilian police announced Thursday that they had captured a man who confessed to 39 murders. The man's lawyer said his client was coerced into confessing crimes he didn't...

The first nurse to be diagnosed with Ebola after treating an infected Liberian man at a Dallas hospital walked gingerly down the stairs of an executive jet into a waiting ambulance at a fog-shrouded...

EUROPE-ASIA-SUMMIT MILAN - Russian leader Vladimir Putin is mounting a diplomatic blitz on the sidelines of a summit of European and Asian leaders in a bid to escape the worst crisis with the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin's diplomatic blitz on Ukraine got off to a rocky start Thursday when he kept German Chancellor Angela Merkel waiting for a meeting then showed up in the middle of a...

A teenage competition surfer has told how a small shark tried to drag her from her board after biting her ankle on Friday as she surfed off the Australian east coast. Kirra-Belle Olsson, 13, was...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is mounting a diplomatic blitz on the sidelines of a summit of European and Asian leaders in a bid to escape Russia's worst crisis with the West since the Cold...

An advertisement showing a woman's bare breasts has reportedly caused more than 500 accidents in one day in a poorly-thought out PR campaign, British media report. The photograph showing a woman...