Pope Francis slams 'insinuations' against John Paul II as baseless

An audiotape from a purported Roman mobster insinuated that John Paul would go out looking for underage girls to molest. The Vatican calls it "slanderous."

North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel long-range missile for first time

North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency issued the report a day after the country’s neighbors detected a launch of a long-range missile from near Pyongyang.

Videos show kidnapping of Monica DeLeon Barba in Mexico

A video released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Thursday morning appears to show the moments surrounding the abduction of a Bay Area woman in Mexico.

US won't file charges over Shanquella Robinson's death in Mexico

Shanquella Robinson was seen beaten in a viral video while on vacation in Mexico last. Now federal prosecutors say they won't prosecute the person suspected of killing the North Carolina woman.

Biden urges Northern Ireland to sustain peace, reap gains

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Northern Ireland must “not go back” to the violence that scarred it for years before a U.S.-brokered peace deal 25 years ago, nudging politicians to resolve a political crisis that has left this part of the United Kingdom without a functioning government.

Russia's Shiveluch volcano erupts, spewing dust and ash into the sky

The eruption early Tuesday of Shiveluch, one of Kamchatka’s most active volcanoes, spewed clouds of dust 20 kilometers (65,600 feet) into the sky.

Leaked US intel shows Russia's ties to UAE

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the possible release of Pentagon documents that were posted on several social media sites.

King Charles III's coronation: 3 crowns, 2 carriages and a shorter route

The coronation of King Charles III is expected to be a shorter, less extravagant ceremony than the three-hour service that installed Elizabeth II 70 years ago. Here are the plans.

French Alps tragedy: 4 killed in avalanche

The avalanche rolled down the Armancette glacier in Contamines-Montjoie, in the Haute-Savoie region.

Several missing after fiery building collapse in France

More than 100 firefighters worked against a ticking clock to extinguish flames deep within the rubble of the five-story building.

China sanctions Reagan library, others over Taiwan president’s US trip

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California was the site of the rare high-level, bipartisan meeting Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted Wednesday for talks with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.