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LONDON (AP) -- The new exterior cladding used in a renovation on London's Grenfell Tower may have been banned under U.K. building regulations, two British ministers said Sunday as police continued their criminal investigation into the inferno that killed at least 58 people....
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Jihadists attacked a hotel resort Sunday in Mali's capital, taking hostages at a spot popular with foreigners on the weekends. More than 30 people managed to escape though at least two people were killed, authorities said....
YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) -- The U.S. Navy has identified the seven sailors who died when their destroyer collided with a container ship off Japan on Saturday....
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- In one of the more unusual scenes to play out at Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial, the judge questioned Cosby under oath as jury deliberations wore on to be sure he knew the mistrial he sought could lead to a second trial....
PARIS (AP) -- President Emmanuel Macron's party, including untested novices, will be sweeping into the lower house of the French parliament, hogging a clear majority of seats after winning an overwhelming victory in Sunday's elections and clinching the young leader's hold on power....
PEDROGAO GRANDE, Portugal (AP) -- A raging forest fire in central Portugal killed at least 62 people as they desperately tried to flee, charring cars and trucks as it swept over roads. The disaster - the worst tragedy Portugal has experienced in decades - shook the nation, with the president declaring that the country's pain "knows no end."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. military on Sunday shot down a Syrian Air Force fighter jet that bombed local forces aligned with the Americans in the fight against Islamic State militants, an action that appeared to mark a new escalation of the conflict....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a videomessage to the Bishop of Gozo in Malta, Mario Grech, on the occasion of the inauguration of the mosaics of the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Ta 'Pinu. There are three mosaics and depict the Virgin and Child; St. John the Baptist and St. Paul. The three works were installed on the central port of the Sanctuary and were made by the Aletti Center.Please find an English translation of the videomessage below.Dear pilgrims,I accept with joy the invitation to greet all of you who are today assembled at the Shrine of the Virgin of Ta 'Pinu, where a great embrace of mosaics awaits Jesus and his Mother.The image of the churchyard, which today is inaugurated, lays before our eyes the beauty of a simple contemplative prayer, accessible to all, great and small: the prayer of the holy Rosary. I too often used the Rosary in front of a mosaic: a small mosaic of Our Lady with the Child, where Mary appears in the centre, while in reality, using...
(Vatican Radio) Raging forest fires in central Portugal have killed at least 62 people, many of them trapped in their cars as flames swept over a road.Portugal has declared three days of national mourning for the victims of the blaze.A lightning strike is believed to have sparked the fire in the Pedrogao Grande area 150 kilometers northeast of Lisbon.The prime minister Antonio Costa today called the fires ``the biggest tragedy'' the country has experienced in years.Listen:
(Vatican Radio) Voters in France have been casting ballots in the final round of parliamentary elections that could clinch President Emmanuel Macron's hold on power. Sunday's vote was overshadowed by low voter turnout and widespread disillusionment with politics. Listen to Stefan Bos' report: Macron, who last month became the youngest President in France's history, appeared confident as he cast his ballot in a polling station crowded with reporters and other onlookers.Outside curious crowds gathered in this northern seaside town of Le Touquet where the 39-year-old Macron voted Sundayin the second round of elections for the 577-seat National Assembly.French voters were expected to hand his year-old Republic on the Move party an overwhelming majority. Polls suggested that his party could even win up to 80 percent, more than 400 seats, in the lower house of Parliament.Commentators have warned that such an outcome would send shockwaves through the more established...
