Posted: 9:43 AM An explosives-laden car that apparently was targeting a truck full of Somali government officials instead hit a civilian car and exploded, setting a nearby mini-bus on fire and killing at least seven people.
Posted: 9:40 AM Myanmar journalists just getting used to their new era of freedom howled when the government announced plans for a media law that could lock many old restrictions back into place.
Posted: 9:14 AM The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches were united until the Great Schism of 1054, which was precipitated largely by disagreements over the primacy of the pope.
Posted: 8:41 AM For more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide, he's Pope Francis. For Argentina's poorest citizens, crowded in "misery villages" throughout the capital.
Posted: 8:35 AM The odds are so stacked against opposition candidate Henrique Capriles that he has compared his run to being "led to a slaughterhouse and dropped into a meat grinder."
Posted: 8:15 AM Pope Francis has paid a heartfelt tribute to his predecessor Benedict XVI, saying his faith and teaching had "enriched and invigorated" the Catholic Church and would remain its spiritual patrimony forever.
Posted: 7:50 AM The revolt against Assad's authoritarian rule began in March 2011 with protests in the southern city of Daraa, after troops arrested teenagers who scrawled anti-regime graffiti on a wall.
Posted: 7:42 AM The Chinese Communist Party's No. 2 leader was confirmed Friday as premier, tasked with addressing a slowing economy and defusing public anger over corruption, pollution and a growing gap between rich and poor.
Posted: 7:41 AM Three and a half years into its government-debt crisis, there are signs that Europe is adopting a gentler approach toward austerity.
Posted: 6:12 AM Young men who have served in the British military are about three times more likely than civilians to have committed a violent offense, researchers reported Friday in a study that explores the roots of such behavior.
Posted: 6:11 AM The new pope has daunting challenges ahead ranging from the church sex abuse scandal to reinvigorating the flock. And the 76-year-old Francis will have to do it all with just one whole lung.
Posted: 7:48 AM Pope Francis opened his first morning as pontiff by praying Thursday at Rome's main basilica dedicated to the Virgin Mary, a day after cardinals elected him the first pope from the Americas
Posted: 7:46 AM On the streets in Buenos Aires, the stories about the cardinal who has become the first pope from the Americas often include a very ordinary backdrop: The city bus during rush hour.
Posted: 7:45 AM Pope Francis is rarely talked about without mention of his humility, his reluctance to talk about himself.
Posted: 7:43 AM The three main coalition partners are to sign an agreement Thursday after weeks of tough negotiations, a Yesh Atid spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity, pending a formal announcement.
Posted: 7:36 AM Xi Jinping caps his rise to the helm of China at a time when calls are mounting for bold leadership to tackle faltering economic growth, unbridled corruption
Posted: 7:17 AM Syrian rebels routinely kill captured soldiers and suspected regime informers, human rights monitors said Thursday, warning of mounting war crimes committed by those trying to topple President Bashar Assad.
Posted: 7:16 AM The selection of former Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as pope is already energizing the world's most Catholic continent, which has been rapidly losing its faithful.
Posted: 7:14 AM France is ready to help arm Syrian opposition fighters and is pushing for an urgent European Union meeting on lifting its arms embargo on Syria, the French foreign minister said Thursday.
Posted: 7:11 AM Ieng Sary, who co-founded the communist Khmer Rouge regime responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians in the 1970s
Posted: 8:42 AM North Korea's first public, senior-level mention of South Korea's first female president ended up being a sexist crack.
Posted: 8:39 AM The papal conclave is steeped in mystery — and the church likes it that way. Elaborate ritual and veils of secrecy, after all, are fundamental to the papal mystique, seen as the glue the binds worshipers in faith.
Posted: 8:37 AM Seven Saudi men convicted of theft, looting and armed robbery were beheaded on Wednesday, according to the country's official news agency.
Posted: 8:36 AM Mohammed works at a Beirut supermarket where he waits on customers and carries their groceries home for a small tip that the 14-year-old saves to send later to his family in a village in northeastern Syria.
Posted: 8:35 AM New Zealand lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill allowing same-sex marriage Wednesday, all but assuring that it will soon become law.
