With an exclamation of "Finally," Pope Francis embraced Patriarch Kirill on Friday in the first meeting between a pontiff and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a brief but historic encounter...

Documents seen by The Associated Press show that European Union countries are poised to restrict passport-free travel by invoking an emergency rule for two years due to the migration crisis. Each...

Facebook has lost a crucial legal battle as a Paris court ruled the social network can be sued in France over its decision to remove the account of a French user who posted a photo of a famous...

British police say they have arrested a man wanted over the slaying of a British actress and her two children after he returned to London from Ghana. The Metropolitan Police force says detectives...

The World Health Organization says possible Zika vaccines are at least 18 months away from large-scale trials WHO assistant director-general for health systems and innovation Marie-Paule Kieny...

A mother-of-three chopped off her brother-in-law's genitals before handing them in as evidence at a police station in India, the Daily Mail reports.  The 32-year-old woman stunned officers...

Diplomats trying to secure a cease-fire for the civil war in Syria fell short early Friday in organizing a truce but agreed to try to work out details and implement a temporary "cessation of...

A brawl between rival drug gangs at an overcrowded penitentiary in northern Mexico turned into a riot Thursday, leaving 49 inmates dead and 12 injured in the country's deadliest prison melee in...

MEXICO-PRISON MONTERREY, Mexico — A prison riot that left 49 inmates hacked, beaten or burned to death opened searing questions about gang rule, extortion and human rights violations in...

Strapped with a booby-trapped vest and sent by the extremist Boko Haram group to kill as many people as possible, the young teenage girl tore off the explosives and fled as soon as she was out of...