Catholic cardinals will meet on May 7 to start voting for a new pope, the Vatican announced on Monday, a week after the death ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a surprise three-day ceasefire from May 8-10, coinciding with Moscow's World War ...

The Atlanta Braves didn't look like a contender 10 days ago, but they are rolling after winning seven of their past nine ...

Anger in Indian-run Kashmir escalated on Monday over sweeping detentions in the hunt for the gunmen who carried out a deadly ...

A top Palestinian official told the International Court of Justice on Monday that Israel was blocking humanitarian aid to ...

Twenty five people were arrested in police raids across France on Monday after a series of coordinated attacks on prisons ...

Islam, a military faction now part of Syria's transitional authorities, told AFP on Monday that its leader had been arrested ...

Kim Kardashian is due to testify in the Paris trial that begins Monday of the "grandpa robbers" accused of stealing $10 ...

Red-robed cardinals were expected on Monday to pick a date for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, following the death of Pope Francis.

Indian soldiers have blown up nine homes of suspected rebels in Kashmir and detained nearly 2,000 people since a deadly ...

Italian bank Mediobanca, itself battling to fend off a hostile takeover by a rival, announced on Monday a 6.3-billion-euro ...

Germany's next foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, is a former soldier, trained lawyer and conservative MP who has long been a ...