Surfer mauled by shark in Australia
SYDNEY — A professional surfer was mauled by a shark off the Australian east coast Wednesday evening, officials said.
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7 hostages still on board flight
LARNACA, Cyprus — An Egyptian man hijacked an EgyptAir plane today and forced it to land on the island of Cyprus, where most passengers w...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is decrying what he calls the vile and abominable Easter Sunday bombing in a Pakistani park targeting Christians, and is insisting religious ...
Prosecutors speak in Belgium
BRUSSELS — Belgian federal prosecutors today said three more people have been ordered held on charges of participating in terrorist activitie...
Most of those who died in blast were Muslims
LAHORE, Pakistan — The death toll from a massive suicide bombing targeting Christians gathered on Easter in the eastern Pakis...
Refugees not forgotten
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis tempered his Easter Sunday message of Christian hope with a denunciation of “blind” terrorism, recalling victims of att...
WASHINGTON — Two more Americans have been identified as killed in the attacks on Brussels, the State Department confirmed Sunday, bringing to four the total number of U....
SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines — A Filipino devotee was nailed to a cross for the 30th time in an annual Good Friday ritual, which he dedicated to peace in Belgium and oth...
Neighborhood focus of action
BRUSSELS — Punctuated with gunfire and explosions, a major police operation unfolded Friday in central Brussels as authorities detained three...
ROME — Pope Francis at the traditional Good Friday cross procession denounced those committing “terrorist acts” while profaning God's name and lamented what he called “a...
