SYDNEY, Australia — Pope Benedict XVI today urged religious leaders of all kinds to unite against those who use faith to divide communities — an apparent reference to te...
Nelson Mandela says more help needed for poor
QUNU, South Africa — Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday today by calling on the wealthy to share with the poor and ...
NAHARIYA, Israel — Thousands of mourners gathered today in a northern Israeli town to bury the first of two soldiers returned in a prisoner exchange with Lebanon's Hezbo...
Retreating Nazis killed 124 villagers
MAILLE, France — For most of France, Aug. 25, 1944, was the joyous day that Allied troops liberated Paris from the Nazis. For this v...
Youth festival under way
SYDNEY, Australia — Tens of thousands of Catholic pilgrims from around the world crammed into an area along Sydney Harbor today, waving flags of ...
At least 28 die; 57 are wounded
BAQOUBA, Iraq — Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowd of army recruits today in an Iraqi province where devastating attacks pe...
Militants hit newly built facility hard
KABUL, Afghanistan — More than 100 militants firing machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars fought their way into a re...
NHA TRANG, Vietnam — Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 today in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling down during the evening gown competitio...
Pilgrims carry the World Youth Day Cross through a Sydney street after it arrived by ferry at Circular Quay, Australia, today. Pope Benedict XVI will attend the event wi...
SEOUL, South Korea — A North Korean soldier fatally shot a South Korean tourist today at a mountain resort in the communist North, prompting the South to suspend the hig...
