VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignation of a West Virginia bishop, Michael Bransfield, and at the same time authorized a fellow bishop to investigate allegations that Bransfield sexually harassed adults, Vatican officials said. The development, announced…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov watch the military parade during the Vostok-2018 (East-2018) war games at Tsugol military training ground…
Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, D.C., said he is going to Rome in the near future to discuss his potential resignation with Pope Francis. Wuerl, who led the Pittsburgh diocese for 18 years, was implicated in a recent…
MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia has identified the two men that Britain named as suspects in the poisoning of a former Russian spy, and that there is "nothing criminal" about them. Britain last week charged…
MELBOURNE, Australia -- A controversial cartoon of Serena Williams that has been widely condemned as a racist depiction of the tennis great has been partially reprinted on the front page of the Melbourne-based newspaper that initially published it. The Herald…
A woman holds a child with severe malnutrition at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Lankien, Jonglei State, South Sudan, on April 8, 2016. Albert Gonzalez Farran/AFP/Getty Images ROME -- The number of hungry people in the…
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's Crisis Response Unit 222 is the country's most powerful weapon in the fight against Taliban and ISIS militants. The team swarms onto the scene at the first sign of trouble. When a terrorist attack is underway,…
Three researchers who studied the injuries suffered by 26 U.S. diplomats and their family in Havana, Cuba, have briefed the Joint Chiefs of Staff, amid growing interest by the Pentagon into the "attacks." "We got a number of questions, all…
Last Updated Sep 11, 2018 2:51 PM EDT A "Tent City" for migrant boys in Texas will stay open until at least the end of the year and will expand its capacity to include up to 3,800 beds, CBS News has learned.…
The hunt for a tiger blamed for more than a dozen fatal attacks on humans has sparked controversy in India. The female tiger, known as T1, has terrorized villagers in the western state of Maharashtra. According to BBC News, India's…
ROME -- A top Vatican official said Tuesday the clerical sex abuse scandal is such a game-changing catastrophe for the Catholic Church that he called it the church's "own 9/11" on the 17th anniversary of the attacks in the U.S.…
In his first major public address since becoming national security adviser to President Trump, Ambassador John Bolton preemptively singled out the International Criminal Court, warning that its judges and prosecutors would be subject to travel restrictions, sanctions and criminal prosecution…
HATAY, Turkey — For four days straight, Russian air strikes and Syrian barrel bombs have pummeled Idlib, prompting a dire warning from the United Nations. The attacks have displaced 30,000 people with nowhere to go. "There needs to be ways…
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea marked the 70th anniversary of its founding on Sunday, staging what it calls the "Mass Games" in its main stadium for the first time in five years. It held a military parade in its capital…
Smoke rises near the Syrian village of Kafr Ain in the southern countryside of Idlib province after an airstrike on September 7, 2018. Getty BEIRUT -- A top U.N. official warned Monday that an attack on rebel-held parts in Syria's…
This picture taken with a mobile phone through the window of a plane shows a French gendarmes vehicle speeding on the tarmac of Lyon's Saint-Exupery airport on September 10, 2018. Getty Images PARIS -- A man rammed his car through…
As Siberian gun rights activist Maria Butina faces a hearing in Washington, here is a look at the unusual path that led to her arrest. She's accused of working as an undeclared foreign agent, based on FBI suspicions that she…
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Office is seen in Washington, D.C., on November 21, 2017. Getty WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration has informed the Palestinian government that its primary office in Washington D.C. will be closed, deepening a rift with…
Police secures the area after seven people were wounded in knife attack downtown Paris, France, early Mon., Sept. 10, 2018. Reuters PARIS — Seven people including two British tourists were wounded Sunday in Paris after they were attacked by a…
NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic won his 14th Grand Slam title and second in a row by getting through a key 20-minute game to beat 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 in the U.S. Open final.…
North Korea held a major military parade and revived its iconic mass games to celebrate its 70th anniversary on Sunday, but in keeping with leader Kim Jong Un's new policies the emphasis was firmly on building up the economy, not…
And now a Milepost by which to remember the past week ... the disastrous fire at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. Housed in a former royal palace, the museum was a treasure trove of Western Hemisphere…
Tropical Storm Isaac formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said. It's one of three storms churning in the Atlantic Ocean, with Tropical Storm Florence heading toward the U.S. East Coast and Tropical Storm Helene heading…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) - One Mississippi high school senior had to quickly discard her crown after being named homecoming queen - and put on a football helmet.