A new era for Northern Ireland's railway system appears to be edging closer.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is expected to push her reform agenda for the World Bank, meet with senior

Pope Francis is drawing attention to the charitable side of the Catholic Church by visiting a once troubled and crime-plagued neighborhood of Portugal's capital

He was learning to be an electrician and played rugby league but died at a police check near Paris.

Venezuelan children, left behind by parents seeking a better life elsewhere and forsaken by a crumbling schooling system, are increasingly...

Over the years, Dolly has evolved in more ways than one, not just as an artist but as a cultural icon

Six people are feared dead in torrential rains that hit southwest Japan this week, the country's government said Tuesday, as search and rescue...

Protesters walked from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, before demonstrating at the Israeli prime minister's residence.

The bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, has resigned under pressure

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has said it will not sell any shares in its one-third shareholding in financial technology company Ant Group Co_ because it wants to retain its stake in an “important strategic partner.”

China has stepped up a feud with Washington over security by telling users of computer equipment deemed sensitive to stop buying products from the biggest U.S. memory chipmaker, Micron Technology Inc. The country's cyberspace agency says Micron products have unspecified “serious network security risks” that threaten China’s information infrastructure and affect national security

The mares were a tan Palomino and brown and white paint, and they were extremely emaciated and lethargic with bones visibly pointing under their skin