A United Nations flag flutters in the wind next to the International Court of Justice in the Hague, the Netherlands, Aug. 27, 2018. AP THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The United States on Tuesday defended its re-imposition of sanctions against Iran…
Right-wing supporters shout abuse at nearby heckling leftists at a right-wing protest gathering the day after a man was stabbed and died of his injuries on August 27, 2018 in Chemnitz, Germany. Getty BERLIN -- Germany's top security official offered…
Some of the newly-released Dapchi schoolgirls walk to board a plane in Maiduguri, Nigeria March 21, 2018. AFOLABI SOTUNDE/REUTERS A Nigerian Christian schoolgirl abducted by Boko Haram in February has called on the government to secure her release, local media…
ROME -- An Italian journalist who says he helped a former Vatican diplomat pen his bombshell allegation of sex abuse cover-up against Pope Francis says he persuaded the archbishop to go public after the U.S. church was thrown into turmoil…
WILTSHIRE, England — The latest U.S. sanctions against Russia kicked in Monday, in retaliation for the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter last March. The incident, which unfolded in the quiet city of Salisbury, England,…
YANGON, Myanmar — Facebook said Monday that it is banning Myanmar's powerful military chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, and 19 other individuals and organizations from its site to prevent the spread of hate and misinformation. The social media giant…
YANGON, Myanmar — Facebook said Monday that it is banning Myanmar's powerful military chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, and 19 other individuals and organizations from its site to prevent the spread of hate and misinformation. The social media giant…
In a May 13, 2016 photo, Filipino Catholic priest Rev. Amado Picardal gestures during an interview at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines office in Manila, Philippines. AP MANILA, Philippines -- A Roman Catholic priest who was one of…
Pope Francis refused to answer accusations that he knew about alleged sex abuse by a former cardinal, and allowed him to serve unpunished. While the pope was in Ireland and meeting sex abuse victims, a former Vatican official made the…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (C) is escorted by police officers to the police vehice, after his trial at a Moscow courthouse, Aug. 27, 2018. Getty MOSCOW -- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained Saturday outside his home in…
Experts from across the globe are meeting to discuss ways to define and deal with "killer robots" — futuristic weapons systems that could conduct war without human intervention. The weeklong gathering is the second this year at U.N. offices in…
A file photo shows U.S. soldiers at a defensive position inside an Afghan National Army (ANA) outpost during a patrol outside Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shank, near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan. Getty KABUL, Afghanistan -- A U.S. strike over the weekend killed…
The latest round of U.S. sanctions against Russia go into effect Monday for its alleged role in the use of a chemical weapon to poison a former Russian spy. The State Department formally listed the sanctions on the federal register…
Pope Francis refused to answer accusations that he knew about alleged sex abuse by a former cardinal, and allowed him to serve unpunished. While the pope was in Ireland and meeting sex abuse victims, a former Vatican official made the…
An Iraqi vendor sells Iranian currency in a street in Najaf, Aug. 14, 2018. Getty THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Iran went to the United Nations' highest court Monday in a bid to have U.S. sanctions lifted following President Donald Trump's…
Mai Tran, an American of Vietnamese descent grieves over the portrait of the late U.S. Senator John McCain during a memorial tribute at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi on August 27, 2018. Getty HANOI, Vietnam -- People in Vietnam are…
GENEVA -- Investigators working for the U.N.'s top human rights body said Monday that top Myanmar military leaders should be prosecuted for genocide against Rohingya Muslims. The call, accompanying a first report by the investigators, amounts to some of the…
![[Photo via AP]](https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2018/08/h/n/zsdfgzdfg.jpeg)
Pope Francis issued a sweeping apology Sunday for the “crimes” of the Catholic Church in Ireland.
KNOCK, Ireland — Pope Francis issued a sweeping apology Sunday for the "crimes" of the Catholic Church in Ireland, saying church officials regularly didn't respond with compassion to the many abuses children and women suffered over the years and vowing…
Pope Francis is set to deliver a homily at Mass in Ireland on the second and final day of his highly anticipated visit to the deeply Catholic country that has included meeting with victims of sexual abuse at the hands…
Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday at the age of 81, was tortured and held captive for five and a half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, an experience that shaped the rest of his life.…
A former Vatican ambassador to Washington said Sunday that he told Pope Francis in 2013 about allegations of sexual abuse against a prominent priest – and that Francis took no action. Now, the former official, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, is…
Fifty-six-year-old Steve Sparkes and his rowing partner Mick Dawson are on an epic journey. They've been making their way across the Pacific for the past three months and are now battling powerful winds and waves from Lane, which weakened Friday…
DUBLIN -- Pope Francis arrived Saturday in Ireland, ground zero of the Catholic Church's sex abuse crisis, with the institution under fire across the globe for its systemic failures to protect children from rapists or to punish bishops who hid the…