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Saudi Arabian police inspect burned-out vehicles Thursday following a clash between Islamic militants and Saudi security forces in Mecca, Islam's holiest city. Two milit...

MADRID, Spain - Twenty-four Muslim men went on trial today as suspected members of an al-Qaida cell accused of using Spain as a staging ground to plot the Sept. 11 terro...

A nun peeks out of a window to look at Pope Benedict XVI in Rome. The pontiff left Vatican City for a short time Thursday for a quick visit to his former home just outsi...

No shakeup in Vatican's top officials VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI confirmed Cardinal Angelo Sodano in the Vatican's No. 2 post today and kept all other top officials...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A commercial helicopter contracted by the U.S. Defense Department was shot down by missile fire today north of the Iraqi capital, the Bulgarian Defense M...

Al-Qaida group behind attack BAGHDAD, Iraq - Al-Qaida in Iraq, the country's most feared terror group, claimed responsibility today for a suicide car bombing that targete...

Vatican ties could grow MANILA, Philippines - Officials and churchgoers from around the world expressed hope today that the new pope will continue the work of his predece...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - From the shanty-covered hillsides of Tegucigalpa to the cosmopolitan streets of Buenos Aires and dusty villages in Africa, hopes had been high th...

Top priorities outlined VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI today pledged to work to unify all Christians, reach out to other religions and continue implementing reforms fro...

Conservative lacks charisma of John Paul VATICAN CITY - Two images of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stood in sharp relief during the mourning period for the pope he would eve...