Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies, simplifying the rituals to emphasize his role as a ...

Comcast will spin off many of NBCUniversal’s cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC and MSNBC, into a ...

Israel’s defense minister says his country insists on the right to act militarily against Hezbollah in any agreement to end ...

With time running down, negotiators at the United Nations annual climate talks on Wednesday returned to the puzzle of finding ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said he will canonize Carlo Acutis next April, setting the eagerly awaited date for the late ...

The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv said it would stay closed Wednesday after receiving a warning of a potentially significant Russian ...

The debate among Republicans over whether to punt government funding into the new year is heating up, as lawmakers race ...

Human-caused climate change made Atlantic hurricanes about 18 miles per hour (29 kilometers per hour) stronger in the last ...

Like many conservative politicians before him, Trump has called for dismantling the department altogether — a cumbersome task ...

The mother of late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is boycotting the world premiere of “Rust” at a film festival in Poland on ...

Greek public and private sector workers walked off the job Wednesday in a 24-hour general strike that is disrupting services ...

Russia’s upper house of parliament on Wednesday endorsed a bill banning adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries ...