Pope Francis has led tens of thousands of people in prayer in St. Peter's Square for Christians and others who have been kidnapped or are victims of other "intolerable brutality" in Syria and...

Apparently Google bloggers like to post porn. A lot. Just three days after saying sexually explicit material would be banned from public Blogger forum sites, Google is backing down. Faced with "a...

Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia will lead a trial to enhance the tracking of aircraft over remote oceans, allowing planes to be more easily found should they vanish like Malaysia Airlines Flight...

Greece will prioritize debt repayments to the International Monetary Fund, some of which come due in March, but repayments to the European Central Bank are "in a different league" and will need...

CONGRESS-HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON — Congress passes a one-week bill to avert a partial shutdown of the Homeland Security Department, as leaders in both political parties quell a revolt...

The Italian media are saying that Italy is sending ships from its Navy towards the Libyan shores. At this point it is not yet clear whether this is just a training expedition but it would seem...

KEY FINDINGS  HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) continued to offer services to clients who had been unfavorably named by the United Nations, in court documents and in the media as...

The unmasking of Islamic State militant "Jihadi John" as a Londoner who had repeatedly been questioned by security services sent shock waves through Britain Friday, with Prime Minister David...

Italy is on high alert as threats that Islamic State jihadis could strike specific targets increase, the country’s Parliament has been told. Secret Services have told the Italian Parliament...

UKRAINE NOVOAMVROSIIVSKE, Ukraine — Separatist fighters in east Ukraine moved rocket launchers to a location 70 kilometers (43 miles) back from the front line with government troops Friday...