Francesca Paris

The pope, an outspoken advocate for refugees and migrants, urged the international community to set aside its differences and turn its attention to crises around the world.

No militant group has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing and hours-long standoff with police in Kabul on Monday. Most of the people who died were government employees.

Last year, a former Massachusetts news anchor accused Spacey of assaulting her teenage son in 2016. Spacey's arraignment is scheduled for next month at the Nantucket District Court.

The Empress of the Seas was headed for Cuba, but changed its course for Jamaica due to weather. That's how it ended up in the path of two fishermen from Costa Rica who had been adrift for 20 days.

Warning systems failed to alert residents of danger when volcanic activity triggered a tsunami on Saturday.Hundreds died, and more than 11,000 people have been displaced on Java and Sumatra islands.

The Silicon Valley-based company will offer ride services in its autonomous vehicles, with the supervision of a certified driver. One catch: it's not allowed to charge money.

Despite gridlock in Washington, D.C., more than 1,500 military personnel and volunteers at a Colorado Air Force base will be hard at work Christmas Eve, tracking Santa and answering children's calls.

Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan will assume Mattis' duties starting in the new year. Trump had previously said Mattis would step down at the end of February.

Officials say the tsunami was triggered by underwater landslides caused by volcanic activity on the island of Anak Krakatau.

Officers Conrad Gary and Eduardo Marmolejo were struck and killed Monday night while investigating a call of shots fired.