Pope Francis has explained why he took a tumble last week during a public Mass outdoors in public while on a pilgrimage. Reporters aboard the papal plane flying him back to Rome after the...

Tokyo on Sunday elected its first female governor to lead the city as it prepares to host the 2020 Olympics, as voters turned to a leader promising clean politics after two predecessors resigned over...

In a gesture of solidarity following the gruesome killing of a French priest, Muslims have attended Catholic Mass in churches and cathedrals across the country and beyond. Television footage...

Thousands of supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are expected to demonstrate in the German city of Cologne amid heavy police presence. Some 30,000 participants are expected at...

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A gunman attacked a gathering of young adults at a suburban Seattle home early Saturday, killing two people at a fire pit before firing more shots from the roof, the grandmother of one of the...

A 42-year-old skydiver with more than 18,000 jumps made history Saturday when he became the first person to leap without a parachute and land in a net instead. After a two-minute freefall, Luke...

Dozens of employees at Turkey's highest court have been suspended from their jobs as part of the government crackdown in the wake of a failed military coup, authorities said Saturday. Sixty-four...

No one appeared to survive a hot air balloon crash in Central Texas, authorities said Saturday. At least 16 people were on board the balloon, which Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn...