Malaysia's top court has rejected an appeal by the Roman Catholic church to use the word "Allah" to refer to God, saying a government ban on its usage by non-Muslim faiths was...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged both sides in the Ukrainian conflict to sit down at the negotiating table and find a compromise.   He said such a compromise must guarantee the...

For years, Iran has been an archenemy of the United States. Now, with alliances blurred in the Mideast, the two countries are talking about how to stop an offensive in Iraq by al-Qaida-inspired...

The United Nations cultural agency has listed the Palestinian village of Battir as a World Heritage site in danger, raising hopes among residents Saturday that this will protect their community...

A Japanese panel confirmed the validity of a study that led to Japan's landmark 1993 apology for forcing Asian women into wartime prostitution, even as South Korea blasted the review as a move...

Pope Francis condemned the legalization of recreational drugs as a flawed and failed experiment on Friday, lending his voice to a debate which is raging from the U.S. to Uruguay and...

At least 12 people are known to have died and an unknown number of others are missing after heavy rain and flooding hit parts of northeastern Bulgaria.   Police officials in the worst-hit...

Seven Ukrainian troops were killed in overnight fighting in the restive east, Ukrainian officials said Friday, as hostilities between government forces and pro-Russian rebels continued two days after...

A man who is on death row for killing 10 women in the Los Angeles area was convicted Thursday of four more murders.   Chester Turner, 47, was convicted of strangling the women in South Los...

Ukraine on Thursday suggested bringing in European and U.S. companies to help operate the pipeline that carries Russian natural gas across the country to Europe.   The move is part of an...