TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The main prayer service in the Iranian capital has been interrupted by repeated chants of "Death to America" - despite this week's landmark nuclear deal with world powers that was welcomed by authorities in Tehran.The chanting by several hundred hard-liners came as ...
BAGHDAD (AP) - More than 140,000 Iraqis have fled parts of Anbar province over clashes between security forces and al-Qaida militants, the worst displacement of civilians in years, a United Nations official said Friday.The spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Peter Kessler, ...
BERLIN (AP) - German newspaper Die Welt says it will publish a trove of letters believed to be written by Nazi SS leader Heinrich Himmler, previously unseen by the public.The publication said Friday it's working with Israeli director Vanessa Lapa, whose family had the documents in its ...
GENEVA (AP) - Delegations from Syria's government and the Western-backed opposition hoping to overthrow it will face each other "in the same room" Saturday for the first time ever, a U.N. mediator said.The mediator, Lakhdar Brahimi, met separately with the two groups for two days, trying to ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Francis, the name the new pope has chosen, is a much-beloved Italian saint who is identified with peace, poverty and a simple lifestyle.Jorge Bergoglio is the first pontiff from Latin America and the first pontiff to adopt the name of Francis, the rich young man from Assisi ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals elected a new pope to lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics on Wednesday, overcoming deep divisions to select the 266th pontiff in a remarkably fast conclave.Tens of thousands of people who braved cold rain to watch the smokestack atop the Sistine Chapel jumped in ...
