North Africa’s historic drought has upended many families’ plans for Eid al-Adha. It's forcing governments to scramble for ...

One of the greatest challenges facing Pope Leo XIV is financial. He has inherited the Holy See’s chronic, 50 million to 60 ...

After a bruising war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon’s new leaders sense an opportunity to revitalize the country’s ...

A failed crossing from Mauritania’s coast toward Spain’s Canary Islands in which 44 Pakistanis perished earlier this year has ...

The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds, and it's got a very big budget problem. It primarily finances the ...

Boxing is returning to Boston's Fenway Park for the first time in nearly 70 years. “Fight Night at Fenway” is scheduled for ...

A former police chief and convicted killer known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” has been captured after he escaped from prison, ...

Edmund White, a pioneer of contemporary gay literature, died this week at age 85. He left behind such widely read works as “A ...

Residents will gather Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 ...

Japan’s Princess Kako of Akishino, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, received the highest order of Brazil’s powerhouse state of ...

A Utah judge has ruled that a convicted killer who developed dementia while on death row for 37 years is competent enough to ...

Electoral watchdogs at the Organization of American States have expressed concern over the low turnout in Mexico’s historic ...