The U.N. secretary-general expresses horror over allegations U.N. peacekeepers and foreign troops sexually abused children in violence-plagued Central African Republic. In remarks before African...

Turkey's state-run news agency says at least 35people, including five children, have drowned in the Aegean Sea after their Greece-bound boat capsized off the Turkish coast. Anadolu Agency says...

AFGHAN WAR WASHINGTON — Fifteen years into the war that few Americans talk about any more, conditions in Afghanistan are getting worse, preventing the clean ending that President Barack...

In Italy, family is considered so sacred that marriage is lauded in the Constitution. But what kind of family? That has become a bitterly divisive question in a nation where the Vatican packs...

The popemobile is staying in Philadelphia. The black Fiat 500L, one of two used by Pope Francis during his trip to the city in September for the World Meeting of Families, sold at auction on...

Rock legend David Bowie wanted his ashes scattered in Bali "in accordance with the Buddhist rituals," and he left most of his estate to his two children and his widow, the supermodel Iman, according...

Cruise ships in the Mediterranean could be targeted in a terror attack by militant groups armed with Russian weapons, a top British commander warned yesterday. Vice Admiral Clive Johnstone,...

A British couple who wanted their relationship recognized as a civil partnership instead of a marriage lost their case Friday at the High Court. Rebecca Steinfeld, 34, and Charles Keidan, 39,...

A romance that enchanted Russia may be over: Timur the goat and Amur the tiger have had a fight and aren't together anymore. In November, the goat was placed in the tiger's compound in a wildlife...

British Prime Minister David Cameron is kicking off a high-stakes weekend of diplomatic negotiations on European Union reforms with a visit to EU headquarters. Cameron will be hosted on Friday by...