Italy on Wednesday marked a year since the Genoa motorway bridge collapse that killed 43 people, as the country grapples with a political crisis sparked by far-right leader Matteo Salvini. A mass took place in a warehouse near the spot where a section of the Morandi highway fell during...

A Syrian activist group and state-controlled media say that regime forces have captured two northwestern villages, inching closer to a major rebel-held town. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-linked activist group, says Syrian troops captured the...

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday urged European countries to take 507 rescued migrants who are currently stranded in the Mediterranean Sea.   "Many are reportedly survivors of appalling abuses in Libya and are from refugee-producing countries. They are in need of...

Flights resumed at Hong Kong's airport Wednesday morning after two days of disruptions marked by outbursts of violence that highlight the hardening positions of pro-democracy protesters and the authorities in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. About three dozen protesters remained camped in...