VATICAN CITY, HOLY SEE, Jean-Louis De La Vaissiere- Pope Francis offered a Christmas message Friday of mitigated hope for an end to the world's conflicts, backing recent accords on Syria and Libya...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Air raids by Syrian government warplanes killed 28 civilians, including 10 children, near Damascus on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. At least 60...

VATICAN CITY, HOLY SEE, Jean-Louis De La Vaissiere- Pope Francis ushered in Christmas by urging the faithful to reject the materialism that pervades the gift-giving season, and to embrace "simple,...

SADAD, SYRIA, Maher Al Mounes- As military vehicles roll by, Syrian boys and girls gingerly decorate a large Christmas tree in the Christian town of Sadad, at the front lines with the Islamic State...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Dilay Gundogan- Imprisoned a month ago on charges of spying and revealing state secrets, the editor of Turkey's leading opposition daily remains defiant in a case that raised new...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- The father of toddler Aylan Kurdi, whose lifeless body on a Turkish beach became a symbol of the refugee crisis, has made a Christmas appeal to the world to open its doors to...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA- Two men were arrested on Wednesday during a counter-terrorism operation in Sydney, with a key Australian naval base among locations they were allegedly targeting, police said....

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA- The Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Monday named Google executive Michelle Guthrie as its new managing director, the first woman to hold the top post at the public...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Sammy Ketz- Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah on Monday vowed to respond to the killing in a suspected Israeli air strike near Damascus of one of its top militants, Samir Kantar....