The wait was on the long side for the pizza -- 18 hours -- but this was an extraordinary pie: 1.59545 kilometers, or nearly a mile long. More than 60 of Italy's best pizza-makers worked through the night to create thepizza at Milan's world fair, Expo 2015. Their toil was rewarded with a proclamation by Guinness World Records judge Saturday that it was the world's longest pizza. Expo organizers said the record-setting pie, made with 1.5 tons of mozzarella and 2 tons of tomato sauce, weighed some 5 tons in all....

Pope Francis released his much-anticipated teaching document on the environment Thursday, declaring an urgent need for the political and spiritual conversion of global leaders and individuals to...

This is the incredible moment a Red Devil parachutist was caught in mid-air by his team-mate after his chute failed to open during an airshow. Thousands watched in horror as the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said after Friday's talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that a prospective Russian natural gas pipeline should help Greece service its debt, but...

Relatives of the nine people shot down during a Bible study session inside their historic black church confronted Dylann Storm Roof on Friday during his initial hearing. They described their pain and...

Denmark's centre-left prime minister resigned Friday, paving the way for the opposition Liberal leader to start tough talks on forming a Cabinet with a populist, anti-immigration party that was the...

The European Union will next week activate the first phase of a plan to disrupt the business of human traffickers in the Mediterranean and destroy the boats they have been using to ships tens of...

British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for a fight against the radical ideology of the Islamic State group, calling it one of the biggest threats for our world. Addressing a major...

Europe was scrambling Friday to pick up the pieces after another failed meeting over Greece's bailout that reinforced fears that the country was heading for bankruptcy and a possible euro...

CHARLESTON SHOOTING CHARLESTON, South Carolina — A white man who joined a prayer meeting inside a historic black church and then fatally shot nine people was captured without resistance...