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

Authorities say a 5-year-old boy on vacation with his family died after being struck by lightning on a North Carolina beach. According to WTVD-TV, authorities say the family was on the beach...

Pope Francis has explained why he took a tumble last week during a public Mass outdoors in public while on a pilgrimage. Reporters aboard the papal plane flying him back to Rome after the...

Tokyo on Sunday elected its first female governor to lead the city as it prepares to host the 2020 Olympics, as voters turned to a leader promising clean politics after two predecessors resigned over...

In a gesture of solidarity following the gruesome killing of a French priest, Muslims have attended Catholic Mass in churches and cathedrals across the country and beyond. Television footage...

Thousands of supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are expected to demonstrate in the German city of Cologne amid heavy police presence. Some 30,000 participants are expected at...

Hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims filled a vast meadow near Krakow for Mass with Pope Francis, as his five-day visit to southern Poland drew toward its end Sunday. Some of the faithful had...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 30 July....

A gunman attacked a gathering of young adults at a suburban Seattle home early Saturday, killing two people at a fire pit before firing more shots from the roof, the grandmother of one of the...

No one appeared to survive a hot air balloon crash in Central Texas, authorities said Saturday. At least 16 people were on board the balloon, which Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn...