Vatican City--An Italian man hung the phone up on Pope Francis twice thinking he was being pranked, but later apologised to him personally...
Vatican City--An Italian man hung the phone up on Pope Francis twice thinking he was being pranked, but later apologised to him personally...
Aden--A Saudi-led coalition pressed on with air strikes Thursday against Shiite rebels in south Yemen where fierce clashes raged between the insurgents and...
Washington--The International Monetary Fund said Thursday it was ready to extend aid to Nepal to help it begin rebuilding after a devastating earthquake...
Kathmandu--Rescue workers on Thursday pulled a second survivor from the rubble of a collapsed building in Nepal's capital, five days after a massive...
Madrid--An official visit to Spain by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday sparked an outcry among human rights groups who said he...
Paris--French group Dassault Aviation is poised to sign a 6.3-billion-euro ($7-billion) deal with Qatar for 36 of its Rafale fighter jets, the presidency...
Berlin--German police have arrested two people, reportedly a married couple with Islamic Salafist ties, suspected of planning an attack and found a bomb...
Budapest--Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban "does not plan to introduce the death penalty," his chief of staff Janos Lazar said Thursday, after strong...
Miami--An American who allegedly claimed to be an Islamic State sympathizer and wanted to shoot people has been arrested on charges of illegal...
Hong Kong--Hundreds of heavily armed officers are searching one of Hong Kong's rural country parks in a massive operation to hunt down six...
Pretoria--A South African court on Thursday granted a terminally-ill man the right to end his life in a landmark ruling that could pave...
Peshawar, Pakistan--A Pakistani policeman was killed and two others wounded on Thursday when a suicide bomber hit the convoy of a senior politician...
Kampala--The leader of a Ugandan rebel group with alleged links to Al-Qaeda has been arrested in Tanzania, state-owned Ugandan media reported Thursday. Uganda's...
Abuja--Boko Haram hostages were held in atrocious conditions in the group's Sambisa Forest stronghold, Nigeria's military said on Thursday after nearly 500 women...
Berlin--Chancellor Angela Merkel's government faces growing pressure over claims that Germany helped the United States spy on EU leaders and companies, and that...
Damascus--Syria and Iran have agreed to "intensify efforts to fight terrorism," Syria's defence minister said in Tehran, after a series of government defeats...
Bamako--Troops have repelled armed insurgents in Mali, military sources said on Thursday, as calm returned following the first clash this year between government...
Baltimore--The mayor of Baltimore said Thursday a nightly curfew will remain in place and will be assessed on a "daily basis" after riots...
