VATICAN CITY, HOLY SEE- A Spanish priest jailed by the Vatican for leaking secret files to journalists was released from prison early on Tuesday on the orders of Pope Francis. Spanish monsignor Lucio...

ROME, ITALY, Franck Iovene- Pope Francis voiced hope for a "fruitful and joyous" old age on Saturday, as he kicked off his 80th birthday by sharing breakfast with a group of homeless people. "Old age...

HELSINKI, FINLAND- A lone gunman shot dead three women, a local official and two journalists, in an attack in a small town in Finland, a country with one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Wildfires raging across the US southeast bore down Tuesday on Dollywood, the glitzy theme park founded by country music legend Dolly Parton, who said she was "heartbroken"...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, David Santa Cruz- Clowns from across Latin America meeting at an annual convention this week in Mexico City took a break from comedy to deliver a serious message: "We are clowns,...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Donald Trump's lewd remarks about women have unleashed an avalanche on social media in which women recall being sexually assaulted by men for the first time. Canadian Kelly...

MINA, SAUDI ARABIA- The governor of Saudi Arabia's Mecca region on Wednesday urged Muslim religious leaders to fight sectarianism, an indirect criticism of Shiite Iran. Prince Khaled al-Faisal was...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- London's mayor threw his support behind DJs and ravers on Wednesday by criticising the closure of the city's famed Fabric nightclub, after its licence was revoked following...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- Almost 50 million children throughout the world are "uprooted," forcibly displaced from their home countries by war, violence or persecution, the United Nations...