LUANDA, Angola (AP) âÄî Hundreds of thousands of Angolans have gathered for an open-air mass that is the last major event of Pope Benedict XVI's first African pilgrimage. Officials expect 500,000...

JERUSALEM (AP) âÄî Both Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers said Sunday that talks aimed at freeing an Israeli soldier held nearly three years by Palestinian militants are not over, despite last week's...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) âÄî Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim leaders on Thursday that true religion rejects violence, and he held up peaceful coexistence between Christianity and Islam in Cameroon...

BAGHDAD (AP) âÄî Sunni and Shiite lawmakers on Thursday warned that political and economic challenges could derail Iraq's progress toward stability as the country enters its seventh year of war....

CAIRO (AP) âÄî Egyptian-mediated talks between the rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah broke up Thursday, without a deal on a national unity government, participants said. The break-up of...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) âÄî A Palestinian human rights group has released the names of 1,417 Gazans it says were killed in Israel's recent war on the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers. The...

CAIRO (AP) âÄî Al-Qaida's chief Osama bin Laden urged Somali militants to overthrow the country's new president in a new Web audiotape posted Thursday, trying to torpedo a new push for peace in...

ST. POELTEN, Austria (AP) âÄî In a stunning turn of events, an Austrian on trial for imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children pleaded guilty Wednesday to all charges...