Indian school faces scrutiny
PATNA, India — At least 22 children died and more than two dozen others were sick after eating a free school lunch that was tainted with inse...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis called for structural renewal in the Catholic church to keep up with the times, although advising future priests and nuns to shun costly trap...
Prime minister named Tuesday
CAIRO — Egypt’s military-backed interim leader named a new prime minister and won $8 billion in promises of aid from wealthy Arab allies in t...
LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — Quebec police are pursuing a painstaking, wide-ranging criminal investigation of the inferno ignited by the derailment of a runaway oil train that...
CAIRO — More than 50 people were killed Monday in clashes in Egypt, but Interim President Adly Mansour moved forward, issuing a swift timetable late Monday for the proce...
LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — Investigators searching for the cause of a fiery oil train derailment that wiped out a small town’s center and killed at least 13 people zeroed in...
LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — Hazardous conditions hindered firefighters’ attempts today to search for some 40 people still missing after a runaway oil tanker train exploded ea...
Snowden still seeking haven
CARACAS, Venezuela — The quest by NSA leaker Edward Snowden for a safe haven has taken a turn toward Latin America, with offers for asylum co...
Single miracle called sufficient
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis today cleared Pope John Paul II for sainthood, approving a miracle attributed to his intercession and setting...
No allies would stand with him
CAIRO — The army chief came to President Mohammed Morsi with a simple demand: Step down on your own and don't resist a military ultimatum o...
