Pope Benedict XVI marked Christmas Eve with Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and a pressing question: Will people find room in their hectic, technology-driven lives for children,...

    Thousands of Christians from the world over packed Manger Square in Bethlehem Monday to celebrate the birth of Jesus in the ancient West Bank town where he was born.   For...

    The top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land celebrated the United Nations' recent recognition of a Palestinian state in his annual pre-Christmas homily on Monday, saying that...

    Chinese state media say 11 children have died after a van plunged into a roadside pond in the east of the country.   The official Xinhua News Agency said Monday that three...

    North Korea is accusing rival South Korea of using an illuminated frontline Christmas tower to engage in psychological warfare.   North Korean state media said Monday the...

    The largest U.S. gun-rights lobbying organization declared its unwavering opposition to any new gun regulations in the aftermath of the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school,...

    Winds and rain across Britain is spelling a winter washout for many before the Christmas holiday, with rail travel disrupted and several people plucked from the...

    After keeping Italians, and the rest of Europe, in suspense for weeks, caretaker Premier Mario Monti on Sunday ruled out campaigning in February elections, but said he would...

    President George H.W. Bush, who has been in a Houston hospital with a lingering cough since November, needs to "build up his energy" before he can be released, doctors...

    Japan's Emperor Akihito celebrated his 79th birthday Sunday and said he's concerned about the country's aging population.   Akihito sympathized with the...