A bare-breasted member of Femen tried to snatch the Baby Jesus from the crib in St Peter's Square in the Vatican on Christmas Day when the Pope was speaking to the huge crowd gathered for his...

The Italian Navy has been carrying out four separate migrant rescue operations in the Sicily Channel, with the help of the Italian Navy ships Borsini, Driade and Etna together with merchant ships...

EasyJet, the low-cost British airline announced the cancellation of 40 flights due to a strike by its flight attendants in France. Only the French domestic flights scheduled on Friday will be affected...

The travel website, TripAdvisor, generally thrives on reviews, good or bad, - but when Italian antitrust officials gave their damning opinion of the website, it wasn't quite so happy. After being...

OBAMA KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii — President Barack Obama marks the end of more than a decade of combat in Afghanistan by paying tribute to America's military, telling troops on Christmas Day that...

Queen Elizabeth II used her traditional Christmas broadcast Thursday to call for reconciliation throughout the United Kingdom and to praise medical workers fighting Ebola in Africa. She said it...

A somber Pope Francis steeped his Christmas message to the world Thursday in sadness for those with little cause for joy — abused children, refugees, hostages and others suffering from violence...

Two days before Christmas, members of a rural Christian congregation in eastern China welded pieces of metal into a cross and hoisted it onto the top of a worship hall to replace one that was forcibly...

As Christmas Eve turns into Christmas Day, lights in every color shine through the night around the world. Colored bulbs decorate buildings from Ahmadabad, India. Candles illuminate the faces of the...

RUSSIA-NATO MOSCOW — NATO members pushed Ukraine toward dropping its nonaligned status, Russia claimed Wednesday, and also criticized the alliance for expanding its military presence near...