The late Pope John Paul II is set to be canonized on Sunday April 27. He and Pope John XXIII will become the newest saints in a ceremony celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square. Before he was pope, though, John Paul II was Karol Wojtyla -- a ...

The late Pope John Paul II is set to be canonized on Sunday April 27. He and Pope John XXIII will become the newest saints in a ceremony celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square. Before he was pope, though, John Paul II was Karol Wojtyla -- a ...

Egypt has identified its first case of the often deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus, the country's health ministry announced on state media Saturday. The 27-year-old patient, who is in stable condition at a Cairo hospital, had been living in ...

The semi-finals and final of Euro 2020 will be staged at Wembley or in Munich, UEFA has announced. They are the only two who have submitted bids to the European governing body for the semi-finals/final package at the tournament, which will be held ...

A week after an avalanche killed 16 sherpas in Nepal, climbers return to the capital from the base camp of Mount Everest. Many expeditions abandoned camp this week after the single deadliest disaster ever on the Himalayan mountain. Among those ...

A bride passes by a masked pro-Russia activist near a barricade outside a regional government building in Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters. A pro-Russian supporter stands behind a barricade placed around the local ...

A bride passes by a masked pro-Russia activist near a barricade outside a regional government building in Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters. A pro-Russian supporter stands behind a barricade placed around the local ...

A team of European military observers detained as suspected NATO spies could be released in exchange for jailed pro-Russian activists, a pro-Russian insurgency leader in eastern Ukraine said Saturday. Vyacheslav Ponomarev, self-proclaimed people's ...

More than one million Catholics were expected to flock to Rome Saturday for the historic double canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday. The city of Rome has been repairing roads and preparing the city for the large influx of pilgrims ...

Vatican Pope Canonizations Worshipers gather in front of one of the entrances of the Saint Luigi dei Francesi (St. Louis of the French) church decorated with portraits of late Pope John Paul II and John XXIII during a mass in Rome, April 26, 2014. Pilgrims and ...

An Australian passenger mistook the cockpit door for the toilet on a Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane to the Indonesian holiday island of Bali, triggering Friday's hijack scare, police have said. Matt Lockley told Bali police after his arrest he banged on what he ...

Nokia's head office building in Keilaniemi, Espoo, now officially has a new tenant: Microsoft. The signs outside the building were changed on Saturday. Nokian pääkonttori. Image: Yle. Nokian pääkonttori. Liikenteenohjausmerkki, josta Nokian nimi on poistettu ...

RAMALLAH (Palestinian Territories): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday the new unity government he is set to head with Hamas backing would reject violence and recognize Israel and existing agreements. Abbas was speaking to ...

Madrid: Spanish newspapers bid an emotional farewell Saturday to former Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova, hailing him as a footballing great and lamenting his death from cancer at 45. Vilanova's smiling face made the front pages of all the major sporting and ...

Madrid: Spanish newspapers bid an emotional farewell Saturday to former Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova, hailing him as a footballing great and lamenting his death from cancer at 45. Vilanova's smiling face made the front pages of all the major sporting and ...

They are the only two who have submitted bids to the European governing body for the semi-finals/final package at the tournament, which will be held across Europe for the first time. Wembley Stadium. Connected by EE Opened 2007. Capacity 90,000.

They are the only two who have submitted bids to the European governing body for the semi-finals/final package at the tournament, which will be held across Europe for the first time. Wembley Stadium. Connected by EE Opened 2007. Capacity 90,000.

All surviving crew members of a sunken South Korean ferry were in custody and under arrest Saturday, prosecutors said, as bad weather prevented the recovery of any of the more-than 100 bodies still missing. South Korean rescue team members carry the ...

It is a deal that looks manna from heaven for both. Looking at $50 billion-mobile market, US software giant Microsoft has completed the acquisition of Nokia's mobile handset business, while excluding the Finnish firm's Chennai factory from the over $ 7.2 ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says any unity government with the Islamic militant group Hamas would follow his political program, an apparent attempt to reassure the West. Abbas spoke Saturday to the Palestinian Central ...