For decades, India has suffered the deaths of soldiers, security personnel and civilians in its state of Kashmir from cross-border terrorism. Nine years ago, it decided to try something new.

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

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To many, Pope Leo XIV seemed a different sort of American, a man who served the poor for decades, spoke Spanish and Italian ...

Robert Francis Prevost, who led the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, has spent much of his ...

As World War II fades from living memory, its place in the German collective consciousness is as complicated as ever.

The Gates Foundation, which has spent $100 billion on humanitarian and educational causes around the world, will close its ...

ZAINAB USMAN is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in ...

The papal conclave to elect the next pope has begun. Cardinals from around the world are gathering in Vatican City to choose a successor to Pope Francis.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday ...

Large majorities around the world say they believe in God. Read about beliefs in spiritual presence “beyond the natural world ...

Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread. Others, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, vary more by ...