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Balloting has started for next month's general election in Estonia, a day after Microsoft warned that hackers linked to Russia allegedly had targeted democratic institutions in Europe
Victims' advocates are pushing Italy to overhaul legislation that presents significant gaps in how the Italian justice system handles clerical abuse
White House wants to freeze mileage standards, and will now move unilaterally with an alternative rule to promote 'safer, cleaner, and more affordable vehicles'
In a sentencing memo last week, the special counsel's team said Manafort deserves between 19.6 and 24.4 years in prison and a fine of between $50,000 and $24 million
Protesters blocked major roads and train tracks across Catalonia on Thursday during a strike called to protest the trial of a dozen separatist leaders
State Board of Elections voted 5-0 in favor of a do-over in the 9th Congressional District but did not immediately set a date
The World Health Organization says that an epidemic of measles in Madagascar has caused more than 900 deaths
Sudan has been rocked by a wave of protests since December calling on al-Bashir, who seized power in a 1989 military coup, to step down
New Jersey resident and mother of two Judith Smith claims $29.5 million jackpot
Expectations are low for the results from the four-day summit, but the pope told the Catholic hierarchy that its responsibility to deal effectively with priests who abuse children weighed on the proceedings
Ahmed Chayeb says his generation is fed up with politicians and religious figures who have let Basra fall apart
US and China resume high-level talks in trade standoff over Beijing tech policies
It remains unclear whether Kim is ready to deal away his nukes, and Washington still sees economic pressure as its best form of leverage over Pyongyang
While other mainline Protestant denominations — such as the Episcopal and Presbyterian (U.S.A.) churches — have embraced gay-friendly practices, the Methodist church still bans them
French President Emmanuel Macron said France recognizes a common international definition of anti-Semitism and will propose a new law to better fight hatred online
While 2015 election was one of most peaceful in Nigeria's history, others have been marred by deadly violence along religious and regional lines in country of more than 190 million people
Advocate Vincent Doyle has sought to compel Catholic leaders to acknowledge the issue of priests' children and the psychological and emotional impact the church's enforced secrecy has on them and their mothers
Demonstrations mark birth eight years ago of Arab Spring protest movement that awakened spirit of activism in this North African kingdom
Russian news agencies say a shipment of Russian medicine and medical equipment has arrived in Venezuela
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