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BEIRUT (AP) -- Airstrikes pounded rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Thursday, killing more than 20 people and hitting a water pumping station on the third day of a renewed air campaign on the besieged territory, Syrian activists and rescue workers said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal meteorologists say while last month merely tied for the world's third warmest October in history, 2016 is still on track to be the hottest year on record....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sally Buzbee, a veteran journalist with deep experience leading both international and U.S. news coverage, has been named executive editor and senior vice president of The Associated Press....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Cloudy skies neutralized air power in Mosul on Thursday, Iraqi forces said, hampering their advance into the northern city, although they still faced deadly attacks by Islamic State militants that killed seven civilians and two soldiers....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Layers of hastily erected barricades built from rubble and twisted metal trace Mosul's eastern frontline where Iraqi forces and Islamic State group fighters are facing off in the dense neighborhoods and narrow alleyways of the country's second largest city....
BERLIN (AP) -- Meeting one last time as peers on the world stage, President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday reaffirmed a message of solidarity and trans-Atlantic cooperation between top trading partners and key NATO allies as Donald Trump prepares to take office....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe becomes the first world leader to meet President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, seeking reassurances over the future of the U.S.-Japan security and trade relations....
NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump, a foreign policy novice, was deepening his focus on national security Thursday, meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as well as a former secretary of state and a possible contender to be his top diplomat....
(Vatican Radio) Business executives and Church leaders are meeting in the Vatican for a conference on social and economic inclusion in business environs.The conference carries the title: ‘Business Leaders as Agents of Economic and Social Inclusion’ and is hosted by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and UNIAPAC.Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and Felix Pole, Chairman of mining conglomerate CMI, spoke to Devin Watkins to express their desire that the conference promote social inclusion among business leaders.Pope Francis on Thursday addressed the conference.Listen to the full interview: Archbishop Tomasi: 'Conference emphasizes dialogue and dignity of work'Archbishop Tomasi said the conference is a follow-up to a previous one in 2014 on the topic of the Common Good, which saw the participation of Pope Francis. He said the conference focuses on two aspects. First, it "puts a lot of em...
(Vatican Radio) The diocese of Ferns located on the South East coast of Ireland is one of the many dioceses in the country that has been celebrating the Extraordinary Year of Mercy.The Bishop of Ferns, Denis Brennan was in Rome recently and spoke to Lydia O’Kane about how they have been celebrating the Jubilee.Listen: “We have opened five or six Holy Doors”, the Bishop explained, “for different reasons in different parts of the diocese. We took Pope Francis at his word when he said, you don’t have to come to Rome, you can have your own door in your own place…”Bishop Brennan said that everywhere that there was a Holy Door large numbers turned up, adding that the message of the Year of Mercy has really filtered out.So will the Holy Year have a legacy in Ferns? The Bishop hopes that it will. He said, “it struck a chord; the way that Pope Francis talks about it and the way he exemplifies it in his own life. I think peo...
