Pope Francis is proposing adding care for the environment to the traditional, Gospel-inspired seven works of mercy that Christians are called to perform. Francis made the proposal in a message...

Police say they have shot and critically wounded an armed Danish man following an earlier Copenhagen shootout that left two officers and a bystander wounded. Trouble started Wednesday night in...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 31 August...

Brazil's Senate on Wednesday voted to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office, the culmination of a yearlong fight that paralyzed Latin America's largest nation and exposed deep rifts among its...

North Korea has executed a vice premier and banished two other top officials to rural areas for re-education, South Korean officials said Wednesday. If confirmed, they would be the...

Pope Francis is showing his profound concern for refugees by assuming direct responsibility for migrant issues in a new Vatican department that merges four Vatican offices into one handling peace, the...

The Embassy of Italy in Malta today expressed sincere gratitude to the Government of Malta, to the Curia, as well as to the many representatives of civil society and the business world for the...

Police say four Alabama high school students have been arrested after attacking a pregnant classmate in a classroom. Selma police Lt. Natasha Fowlkes tells news outlets that three girls and one...

British Prime Minister Theresa May has firmly rejected the notion of a second referendum on the country's membership in the European Union, insisting Wednesday that the U.K. wouldn't attempt a...

A United Airlines flight bound for London has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport in Ireland after severe turbulence that left 12 passengers needing hospital treatment. Airport...