For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...

Anton Asfar, secretary general of Caritas Jerusalem, criticized the Israeli-run and US-backed humanitarian foundation in Gaza, saying, 'This is not aid.' ...

Visitors to northeastern Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region might also accidentally stumble into another country entirely. Tiny ...

A large wildfire broke out Thursday south of Athens, prompting authorities to send phone alerts urging the evacuation of five ...

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The United Nations, a collaborative global dream built into reality out of the ashes of World War II, marks its 80th ...

A shaky cease-fire between Israel and Iran, touted by President Trump, appears to have taken hold, though both countries ...

This is the fourth installment of Edmonds resident Nathaniel Brown’s recent travels to Greece. You can read part 1 here, part ...

Protests against Bezos wedding continue in Venice, large marble head unearthed during excavations in central Rome, and more ...

The Archbishop of Tehran-Ispahan said last weekend’s US attack on Iran “makes us fear the worst, leading us to believe that ...

Europeans are braced for the first heatwave of the Northern Hemisphere summer, as climate change pushes thermometers on the world’s fastest-warming continent further into the red. With temperatures ...

U.S. President Donald Trump claims a ceasefire between Iran and Israel was “in effect” on Tuesday, after expressing deep ...