Pope Leo XIV is heading to Turkey on Thursday on his first foreign trip, fulfilling the late Pope Francis' plans to mark an important Orthodox anniversary and bring a message of peace to...

The death toll from a massive fire that broke out at a residential apartment complex in Hong Kong has risen to 55, authorities said Thursday. They said 51 people had been found dead on the scene,...

A fire spread across seven high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex, killing 13 people and leaving others still trapped, the city's fire services said Wednesday. Nine people...

 Italy's parliament on Tuesday approved a law that introduces femicide into the country's criminal law and punishes it with life in prison. The vote coincided with the...

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, to the surprise of many in the South American nation who doubted he would ever end...

After being elected in a landslide last year, Britain's Labour Party government delivered a budget it billed as a one-off dose of tax hikes to fix the public finances, get debt...

The European Union's defense chief on Tuesday proposed deeper integration of the bloc's defense industry with Ukraine as a U.S. peace plan remains in flux and Russia's unconventional...

The Vatican on Tuesday doubled down on the value of monogamous marriage between a man and woman, responding to concerns raised by African bishops about the practice of polygamy in their...

  A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation. Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of...

Slovenians on Sunday rejected in a referendum a law that allowed terminally ill patients to end their lives, according to preliminary results released by the election authorities. The...