The 12 Syrian asylum seekers Pope Francis brought back with him from Lesbos are settling into new lives, with Italian lessons and strolls around Rome, their hosts said Monday. The three Muslim families are being housed temporarily by the Saint'Egidio religious community in the Rome...

The biggest earthquake in Ecuador in decades has killed 272 people -- but that toll will 'certainly' rise even further, the president said as overwhelmed rescuers struggled to pull survivors out of the destruction. The 7.8-magnitude quake struck the small, oil-producing South American...

The Syrian opposition's chief negotiator Sunday called for renewed attacks on government forces, despite the shaky truce deal between government troops and rebel fighters. Mohammed Alloush, a leading political figure in the Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) rebel group, is in Geneva as the senior...

At least five Yemeni policemen were injured Sunday when they foiled a suicide car bomb attack on the airport in the southern city of Aden, police said. They said the policemen opened fire at a car that was traveling at high speed towards the airport. It exploded near the checkpoint wounding...