SOUTH BEND, Mira Oberman- President Barack Obama sought "common ground" over the divisive abortion debate in a controversial speech Sunday at one of the top Catholic universities in the United...

LIMA - Peru announced on Wednesday that it will ban homosexuals from the ranks of its police -- for sullying the image of the force. New regulations, which also covers those engaged in...

LONDON- US fast food giant McDonald's is hoping to offer PhDs, after receiving approval to award its own nationally recognised qualifications in Britain, the company's "chief people officer" said...

MOUNT NEBO, Linda Maayah- Pope Benedict XVI called on Saturday for reconciliation between Christians and Jews during a visit in Jordan to Mount Nebo, where Biblical tradition says God showed Moses...

PARIS - A Spaniard late Friday won the record jackpot of 126,231,764 euros in the Euro Millions lottery, smashing the record held for nearly four years by an Irish woman. The as yet unnamed...

ROME - Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said in a television broadcast on Tuesday evening that his marriage to Veronica Lario was "finished or about to finish." "It displeases me that a...

WARSAW - The museum at the Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp and Poland's penitentiary services want convicted criminals to visit the site as part of a resocialisation program, officials said...

BEIJING, Pascale Trouillaud- One hour and about 40 dollars is all it takes to get a fake degree in China, but the chances of fooling an employer or foreign university have diminished following a...

COPENHAGEN - Some 700 children from 29 countries are taking part this weekend in an international contest in Copenhagen to find local and global solutions to climate warming, organisers said Friday....