Pope Francis, who will turn 88 on Dec. 17, has set out to visit four countries in Asia and Oceania over the next 12 days: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea ... that is being torn apart by conflicts.

Pope Francis makes a heartfelt appeal against escalation in Lebanon, calling the volatile situation 'unacceptable' and ...

Tomas de Torquemada, Castilian Grand Inquisitor during Spanish Inquisition, dies aged 77. 1630: The Massachusetts village of ...

Even though these places are war-torn, the work being done on the ground right now is going to rewrite the framework of what new economies are going to look like,” he said. Yahya and family ...

Cholera is spreading in war-torn Sudan, killing at least 388 people and sickening about 13,000 others over the past two months, health authorities said, as more than 17 months of fighting between ...

Businesses need stability to thrive. Unfortunately for anyone in Sudan, stability has been hard to come by for the past year and a half as the country quakes amidst a raging civil war. More than ...

Artists Abdulla AlSallat and Oleksandra Umanska have partnered to produce stunning pieces, which reflect the haunting memories left behind by war-torn buildings. Titled 'Reverie Ruins', this mixed ...

The regime will kill me if I do." Even though Omar didn't fight against Syrian government forces during the civil war there, he participated in anti-government demonstrations. As it is ...

The last three of five lions in a shelter in war-torn Ukraine have been rescued by a Kent-based animal sanctuary. The three lionesses have been transported 1,300 miles (2,090 km) across three ...

In Port Sudan, where perhaps 250,000 people have fled from the country’s civil war, essentials are scarce and prices are stratospheric. Yet Kinza, a sugary drink similar to Coca-Cola and ...

The European Union will lend Ukraine up to €35 billion ($39 billion), providing the lion’s share of a $50 billion loan agreed by G7 nations earlier this year. European Commission President ...