It's wheels up on Pope Francis' first trip abroad as pontiff.   A special Alitalia flight carrying Francis, his entourage and journalists who will cover him on his weeklong...

Prince William and Kate are seen as the new face of a centuries-old institution, keeping the best of traditions while moving forward with the times. Here are 10 things to know about the royal baby in...

Since taking the helm of the world's biggest church in March, Pope Francis has waded into massive crowds with minimal protection to hug children and wash the feet of the faithful. He has...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition won a comfortable majority in the upper house of parliament in elections Sunday, giving it control of both chambers and a mandate to press...

Philippe has taken the oath before parliament to become Belgium's seventh king after his father Albert abdicated as the head of this fractured nation.   Earlier Sunday, the 79-year-old...

Two U.S. fighter jets have dropped four unarmed bombs in Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park when a training exercise went wrong.   The two AV-8B Harrier jets launched...

Thousands of young Roman Catholics from around the Americas are converging on Rio de Janeiro, taking dayslong bus trips or expensive plane flights that were paid for by baking cookies and holding...

Five employees of an Italian cruise company were convicted Saturday of manslaughter in the Costa Concordia shipwreck that killed 32 people, receiving sentences of less than three years that lawyers...

After a rush of last-minute talks with Palestinian officials, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sealed a step toward relaunching the long-halted Mideast peace process, announcing Friday that Israel...

A Milan court on Friday convicted three of ex-premier SilvioBerlusconi's former aides of procuring prostitutes for the media mogul's infamous "bunga bunga"...