Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday raised the death toll in Syria's civil war to more than 100,000, up from nearly 93,000 just over a month ago.   Ban called on the Syrian...

The "slum pope" returned to the slum.   Pope Francis received a rapturous welcome on Thursday as he visited one of Rio de Janeiro's shantytowns, or favelas, a place that has...

The death toll in a passenger train crash in northwestern Spain rose to 77 Friday after the train jumped the tracks on a curvy stretch of track just before arriving in the northwestern shrine city of...

China’s growth has slowed considerably since 2010, and it may slow even more – a prospect that is rattling investors and markets well beyond China’s borders. With many of the global...

A train derailed in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, toppling passenger cars on their sides and leaving at least one torn open as smoke rose into the air. Dozens were feared dead, with possibly...

Pope Francis urged Catholics to resist the "ephemeral idols" of money, power and pleasure during a pilgrimage Wednesday to one of the most important shrines in Latin...

After the frenzy and the flashguns, Britain's new royal baby and his parents spent Wednesday out of the media spotlight. But for how long?   The 2-day-old prince doesn't have a name...

Queen Elizabeth II met her new great-grandson for the first time Wednesday at Kensington Palace, before Prince William and Kate took the baby to visit his maternal grandparents outside...

Britain's new prince has spent his first night at his Kensington Palace apartment — the day after offering a royal wave upon being presented to the world's media for the first...

Critics of America’s Middle East policies are reminiscent of Woody Allen’s quip in Annie Hall: “The food at this place is really terrible...and such small portions.” The United...