VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis voiced alarm Monday at the “hemorrhaging” of nuns and priests in Italy and Europe, saying God only knows how many seminaries,...
DUBLIN – In homes and pubs, on leaflets and lampposts, debate is raging in Ireland over whether to lift the country’s decades-old ban on abortion. Pro-repeal...
HELSINKI -A Danish government minister has asserted that Muslims shouldn’t work during Ramadan because the monthlong fasting period poses safety hazards in some professions and makes...
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont says he’s running for re-election this fall. Sanders’ campaign made the announcement Monday. The 76-year-old Sanders...
BEIJING – China launched a relay satellite on Monday as part of a groundbreaking program to be the first to land a spacecraft on the far...
The TV quoted an unnamed military official as saying a truce had been in place to evacuate women, children and elderly on Sunday night from Damascus’...
BEIJING — China’s government said Monday it cannot guarantee that renewed trade tension with Washington can be avoided after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declared a...
BRUSSELS – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to have his meeting Tuesday with the leaders of the European parliament about data privacy be broadcast publicly...
MADRID – Catalonia’s newly elected president is showing no sign of backing down from the region’s political standoff with Spanish authorities, insisting he wants jailed former...