5 conservative cardinals challenge pope to affirm church teaching on gays and women ahead...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Five conservative cardinals from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas have challenged Pope Francis to affirm Catholic teaching on homosexuality...
Indonesian president launches Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, funded by China
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo inaugurated Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway on Monday as it was set to begin commercial operations,...
Fire erupts in a police headquarters in Egypt, injuring at least 38 people
CAIRO (AP) — A huge fire broke out early Monday in a police headquarters in northeastern Egypt, injuring at least 38 people, the health...
Church roof collapses in north Mexico, killing at least nine and injuring about 50,...
CIUDAD MADERO, Mexico (AP) — The roof of a church collapsed in northern Mexico during a Mass on Sunday, killing at least nine people...
At least 13 people were killed at a nightclub fire in Spain’s southeastern city...
MADRID, Spain (AP) — A fire broke out in a nightclub in the southeastern Spanish city of Murcia on Sunday, killing 13 people and...
Jailed Maldives’ ex-president transferred to house arrest after his party candidate wins presidency
MALE, Maldives (AP) — Jailed former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen was transferred from prison to house arrest on Sunday, fulfilling the campaign promise of...
Azerbaijan issues warrant for former separatist leader as UN mission arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Azerbaijan’s prosecutor general issued an arrest warrant for ex-Nagorno-Karabakh leader Arayik Harutyunyan Sunday as the first United Nations mission to...
New UK defense secretary suggests British training of Ukrainian soldiers could move into Ukraine
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new defense secretary has suggested that British military training of Ukrainian soldiers, which currently takes place at U.K. bases, could...
Serbia’s president denies troop buildup near Kosovo, alleges ‘campaign of lies’ in wake of...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's president on Sunday denied U.S. and other reports of a military buildup along the border with Kosovo, complaining of...
Suicide bomber detonates a device in the Turkish capital. A second assailant is killed...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday A second assailant...