Pope Francis praised retired Pope Benedict XVI as a "great pope" on Monday amid the continuing fallout from a meeting of bishops that exposed divisions between progressive Catholics who back Francis'...

EBOLA-US NEW YORK - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlines guidelines for the mandatory, 21-day quarantining of medical workers returning from West Africa that he and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie...

Ukrainians overwhelmingly backed several pro-Western parties in a landmark parliamentary election Sunday, another nudge in the former Soviet republic's drift away from Russia. Two exit polls...

Tunisians expressed tentative hope for the future as they lined up early Sunday to choose their first five-year parliament since they overthrew their dictator in the 2011 revolution that kicked off...

British Prime Minister David Cameron insisted he would not pay a European Union bill for an additional 2.1 billion euro ($2.65 billion) contribution to the EU coffers at a time of increasing...

BRITAIN-ECONOMY BRUSSELS - Britain is protesting a European Union request for an additional 2.1 billion euro ($2.65 billion) contribution to the EU coffers at a time of increasing pressure at...

A fraudster who pretended to be quadriplegic and sometimes comatose for two years to avoid prosecution has been convicted after police caught him on camera driving and strolling around...

EBOLA-WHO GENEVA - A top World Health Organization official says the hunt for an Ebola vaccine will produce data about whether it's safe by December - and experimental field use by the start of...

A judge began announcing Oscar Pistorius' sentence Tuesday at the climax of a months-long trial of the disabled Olympic runner for the killing of his girlfriend on Valentine's Day last...