VIETNAM-DISSIDENT BANGKOK — Vietnam granted early release from prison to a Catholic priest who is one of its most prominent dissidents, a move widely seen as a goodwill gesture before U.S....

The Church of Scotland has voted to let its ministers enter same-sex marriages — though saying it "maintains its traditional view of marriage between a man and woman." At its general...

A U.S. Secret Service officer shot a man with a gun who approached a checkpoint outside the White House and refused to drop his weapon, the Secret Service...

Turkish lawmakers on Friday approved a bill to amend the constitution to strip them of immunity, a move that paves the way for the trials of several pro-Kurdish and other legislators. When...

A convicted murderer climbed over a wall and wandered the grounds of Buckingham Palace while Queen Elizabeth II was at home, British prosecutors said Friday. Dennis Hennessy, 41, pleaded guilty...

Almost 300 British arts and culture figures have appealed for voters to support European Union membership, arguing that a vote to leave the 28-nation bloc in a June 23 referendum will leave the U.K....

A city in western India has set a new heat record for the country — a scorching 51 degrees Celsius (123.8 Fahrenheit). The record set Thursday in the city of Phalodi, in the western state...

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Smoke was detected in multiple places on EgyptAir flight 804 moments before it plummeted into the Mediterranean, but the cause of the crash that killed all 66 on board remains unclear, the...

Marco Pannella, leader of the Italian Radical Party, died in Rome today. He was 86. Pannella had been hospitalised with complications on Wednesday. He founded the Italian Radical Party in...