Europe's open borders may symbolize liberty and forward thinking for some — but they increasingly look like the continent's Achilles' heel. Europe's No. 1 terrorism suspect crossed at least...

If Santa Claus stops in North Korea this year, he'll find some trees and lights and might even hear a Christmas song or two. But he won't encounter even a hint of what Christmas actually means —...

Pope Francis urged Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus by thinking about the plight of today's children, bemoaning how some must escape bombs or flee in migrant boats and how others are...

Investigators on Saturday sought to hunt down where the Berlin Christmas market attacker got possible logistical support to cross at least two European borders and evade capture for days before being...

Officials say Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter, Zara Tindall, has suffered a miscarriage. She and her husband, retired rugby player Mike Tindall, had been expecting their second child. The...

The Order of Malta, the ancient Roman Catholic aristocratic lay order, has told Pope Francis that his decision to launch an investigation into the ouster of a top official over an old condom scandal...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 23 December....

Italian news agency ANSA says a man killed in Milan is the Berlin Christmas market suspect....

The Italian government is bailing out Monte dei Paschi di Siena after Italy's third-largest lender failed to raise the 5 billion euros ($5.2 billion) needed to stay afloat. The government passed...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 22 December...