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India extends ban on departure of Italian envoy
India's Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely extended its order barring the Italian ambassador from leaving the country and rejected his explanation ...
Gergiev fund embezzlement case postponed
A court in Moscow has postponed initial hearings in the case of two men charged with embezzling 245 million rubles ($8 million) from the charitable ...
China becomes world's fifth largest arms exporter
China has bypassed Britain as the world's fifth largest arms exporter, a Swedish think tank said Monday. The volume of Chinese weapons exports rose ...
Indian police say 5 admit to raping Swiss tourist
Five men have been arrested and have confessed to raping a Swiss woman who was attacked in central India while on a cycling vacation with her husband, ...
Prison escape artist doesn't get free this time
His first two prison escapes in Greece were spectacular and successful, aboard helicopters chartered by accomplices. But when Albanian inmate Alket ...
Pope wades into crowds, surprising onlookers
Walking up to crowds, shaking hands with surprised bystanders in the street, mixing his formal speeches with off-the-cuff remarks, Pope Francis ...
Top French lawyer's body found washed up on beach
Police have discovered the body of one of France's most prominent lawyers washed up on a beach near his home in Brittany. The Vannes public ...
Turkey detains suspect in killing of NYC woman
A Turkish suspect in the killing of a New York City woman in Istanbul was arrested near the Syrian border on Sunday, officials said. The suspect, ...
France marks anniversary of Toulouse slayings
President Francois Hollande says France is tightening its intelligence gathering to prevent attacks like the one in the country's south a year ago ...
Mali: 1 French soldier killed, 3 wounded in blast
A blast in northern Mali has killed a French soldier and wounded three other troops, officials said Sunday. The death on Saturday brings to five the ...
St. Peter's Square springs to life with new pope
You don't need to be Catholic to be awe-struck by the majesty of St. Peter's Square, which becomes the stage for the world during times of papal ...
Convicted criminal holds hostages in Greek prison
Authorities in Greece say a convicted prisoner in Greece trying to escape for the third time has taken six hostages— both prison officers and ...
Report: Pope pledged to help kidnapped priest
A German newspaper says it has discovered a decades-old letter in which the future Pope Francis pledged to fight for the release of a fellow priest ...
Pope explains name, urges 'church for the poor'
The focus of Pope Francis' papacy began to emerge Saturday as he offered some intimate insights into the conclave that elected him pontiff, describing ...
Swiss tourist gang-raped in central India
A Swiss woman who was on a cycling trip in central India with her husband has been gang-raped by eight men, police said Saturday. The attack comes ...
Slow changes: A stroll through 4 papacies
In one of his last major public appearances before his death, Pope Paul VI sat on a throne atop a platform carried on the shoulders of 12 men as he ...
Latvians commemorate Waffen SS divisions
Over a thousand Latvians on Saturday commemorated Nazi-allied World War II soldiers while police used force to prevent violence from erupting between ...
Judge orders 6 men to trial in rapes tourists
A Mexican judge has ordered six men detained in the rape of six Spanish tourists in Acapulco to stand trial, saying prosecutors have presented ...
Vatican: anti-clerical campaign against pope
The honeymoon that Pope Francis has enjoyed since his remarkable election hit a bump Friday, with the Vatican lashing out at what it called a ...
Fugitive in wife's slaying arrested in Italy
A man placed on the U.S. Marshals Service 15 Most Wanted Fugitive list for the execution-style murder of his estranged wife has been arrested in ...
US clergy sex victims want change from new pope
Most Roman Catholics are rejoicing at the election of Pope Francis, but alleged victims of clergy sex abuse in the U.S. are demanding swift and bold ...
Pope Francis reaches out to Jews
Like his predecessor, Pope Francis reached out to Rome's Jewish community at the very start of his pontificate, pledging to continue to strengthen the ...
Pope visits ailing Argentine cardinal in hospital
Pope Francis on Friday made a surprise visit to a Rome hospital to cheer up a fellow Argentine, a cardinal who had a heart attack the day the pontiff ...
Doctor convicted for filmed assaults on patients
A doctor in Britain who used a wristwatch camera to film himself sexually abusing patients has confessed to dozens of offenses. Prosecutors say ...
UK priest surprises court with secret marriage
A jury in northern England got a surprise at the trial of a Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl: The cleric has been ...