Days after approving blessings of same-sex couples, Pope Francis has warned against ideological inflexibility in the Catholic Church he...

Police have stepped up preparations to deal with violence against them and emergency service staff on New Year's Eve. There are worries...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the relationships between the two countries are at a "crossroads" and warned the Philippines that...

The US has requested a delay in a UN Security Council session on Gaza aid deliveries to allow for talks with Egypt. Meanwhile, the Hamas...

A court in Germany has found that Iranian state agencies were behind the planned arson attack at a synagogue in Bochum city. Germany's...

A Swedish appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentencing of an Iranian man for his role in mass executions carried out in 1988....

A top court has overruled a challenge to Bavaria's decree about hanging crosses in state buildings. When Christian conservatives first...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his government was "working very hard" to secure crucial support from allies. He also raised...

The multinational coalition comes as major shipping companies halt their shipments through the region, where Houthi rebels have attacked...

The former safe haven city of Wad Madani became the scene of fighting in a new front of Sudan's war. The paramilitary force's advance has...

Hundreds more were injured in the quake that hit northwestern China's mountainous region. A small earthquake hit neighboring Xinjiang...

A volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland erupted late on Monday night, following weeks of intense earthquake activity....