CAIRO - An Egyptian court on Sunday upheld a ruling by the education ministry to ban women from wearing the full face veil in university examination halls, judicial sources said. The ministry took...

ADDIS ABABA, Aaron Maasho - It's a far cry from Ethiopia's traditional Eskista shoulder shake dance, but Salsa is sweeping Addis Ababa with aficionados twirling and spinning their way across the...

PARIS - Ten deaths that marked 2009: HELEN SUZMAN (died January 1, aged 91) Suzman was for decades the lone voice of white dissent in South Africa's parliament against apartheid rule. She...

VATICAN CITY, Gina Doggett - A serene Pope Benedict XVI gave a Christmas Day message of tolerance on Friday just hours after being bundled to the ground by a woman who surged past guards to assault...

VATICAN CITY, Gina Doggett - Papal bodyguards overpowered a woman who rushed at Pope Benedict XVI, yanking him to the ground Thursday as he entered St Peter's Basilica to celebrate Christmas Eve...

SYDNEY - An Australian nun who died 100 years ago is on the way to becoming the nation's first saint, after Pope Benedict XVI confirmed she miraculously cured a woman of cancer, Catholic officials...

RIO DE JANEIRO - A 100-year-old Brazilian grandmother will experience gravity in a whole new way this Christmas when she takes the plunge out of an airplane to become the world's oldest parachuter,...

RIYADH, Paul Handley - Saudi female university students are ambitious and eager for job opportunities but their more conservative male counterparts are likely to put barriers in their way, a...

PARIS - Whether or not twins are separated at school, a subject of debate that is often a dilemma for parents, has no affect on their grades, according to a Dutch study published Tuesday. A team...