The Taoiseach Micheál Martin has been accused by Opposition parties of “plámásing” the US president while also drawing ...

A Texas man was sentenced in federal court for his involvement in a cocaine distribution operation based in Omaha.

He also arranges for the destruction of the so-called fisherman’s ring, used by the pope to seal documents, with a ceremonial hammer, to prevent forgeries. Francis has brought an unpretentious ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif went to Balochistan province Thursday to meet with 300 survivors and the troops who ...

At the time of the equinoxes, the sun appears to move from one hemisphere to the other. The vernal equinox in March is when ...

Parts of south east Queensland have been lashed by strong winds overnight, and heavy rain is continuing to fall with flood watches in place.

Pope Francis issued a message Sunday thanking volunteers for the "miracle of tenderness" they offer the sick, as the Vatican celebrated the Holy Year Mass for volunteers around the world in his ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is participating in the Vatican’s weeklong spiritual retreat from a Rome hospital as he continued his recovery on Monday from double pneumonia and looks ahead to the ...

ROME (AP) — The recovery of Pope Francis from double pneumonia continued Wednesday as he inched toward notching some important milestones in his papacy: The 12th anniversary Thursday of his ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is responding well to the treatment for double pneumonia and has shown a “gradual, slight ...

Now, with Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital, those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the continuing uncertainty over the pope’s health. The same is true for ...

Pope Francis is working from his bed at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital, where he has been since Feb. 14 amid a scary bout of double pneumonia, but the 88-year-old is not out of the woods yet ...