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JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The South African prosecutors' office said Thursday it will appeal against Oscar Pistorius' six-year jail sentence and seek a longer prison term for the double-amputee athlete, who was convicted of murder for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp....
MIAMI (AP) -- A Florida police officer shot and wounded an autistic man's black caretaker, authorities said, in an incident purportedly captured on cellphone video that shows the caretaker lying down with his arms raised before being shot....
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia's prime minister said Thursday he is serious about good governance and vowed to "fully cooperate" with a U.S. investigation into a $3.5 billion scandal involving a state fund he headed....
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish lawmakers are expected Thursday to endorse sweeping new powers for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan allowing him to expand a crackdown in the wake of last week's failed coup....
(Vatican Radio) As the countdown continues to World Youth Day (WYD) in Krakow, young Catholics from across England and Wales are getting ready to pack their bags for Poland.Many will be going as pilgrims to the event which will be presided over by Pope Francis, but there are also young people who, while there, will be using their skills and talents to communicate the faith.Ahead of WYD the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, organised a Social Media Masterclass on Mercy.The one day course gave young pilgrims, otherwise known as World Youth Day Communications Officers, the chance to receive tuition from leading social media and news practitioners.The masterclass was designed to equip young pilgrims to ‘share mercy’ across the social media platforms and to create content which will have impact both online and offline. Daisy Powles is a professional photographer and participated in the course and will be heading to Krakow.Speaking to Lydia O&rsqu...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Social activism is coming at a cost for WNBA players....
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The hordes of zombies, legions of Stormtroopers, leagues of superheroes and crews of Starfleet officers have already begun crawling, marching, flying and beaming into San Diego for that other big convention this week: Comic-Con International....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Nine months ago, Dareen Tatour posted a poem to Facebook about her frustration over spiking violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Days later, Israeli police banged on her door in the middle of the night and arrested her, accusing her of inciting violence on the social network....
SAN ANTONIO DE PUTINA, Peru (AP) -- After three days of heavy snowfall and bone-chilling temperatures, Mateo Mullisaca watches as one of his alpacas falls to the ground in agony on his farm almost 16,400 feet (5,000 meters) high in Peru's Andes....
MIAMI (AP) -- Florida health officials have trapped mosquitoes in an area of Miami-Dade County and are testing them for Zika to confirm whether a woman with the virus could be the first person infected directly by a mosquito bite in the continental United States....
