Italy Education Minister Resigns Over Lack of Funds

Italy Education Minister Resigns Over Lack of Funds

Italian Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti told Reuters on  Wednesday that he had resigned after failing to obtain from the government billions of euros...

Russia: UN Chief Turns Blind Eye over US Visa Delays

Russia: UN Chief Turns Blind Eye over US Visa Delays

Russia’s Foreign Ministry accused the U.N. secretary general of turning a blind eye to what Moscow says is U.S. delays...

Anti-Putin Activist ‘Forcibly Drafted’ and Sent to Arctic Base

Anti-Putin Activist ‘Forcibly Drafted’ and Sent to Arctic Base

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that one of his allies had been forcibly conscripted and sent to serve...

Ukraine Opens Probe Over Russia’s Railway Bridge to Crimea

Ukraine Opens Probe Over Russia’s Railway Bridge to Crimea

Ukrainian officials opened a criminal probe Wednesday after a passenger train from Russia arrived in Crimea via a new Russian-built...

Unmerry Christmas as French Transport Strike Enters Fourth Week

Unmerry Christmas as French Transport Strike Enters Fourth Week

Christmas Day brought no respite for travelers in France as a transport strike entered its fourth week, ruining the plans...

Pope Appeals for Peace, Reconciliation in South Sudan

Pope Appeals for Peace, Reconciliation in South Sudan

The heads of the Catholic and Anglican churches sent a special message Wednesday to the people of South Sudan expressing...

Pope Urges Faithful to be Transformed by Christ’s ‘Crazy Love’ for All

Pope Urges Faithful to be Transformed by Christ’s ‘Crazy Love’ for All

Pope Francis assured the faithful on Christmas Eve that God loves everyone — “even the worst of us” — as...