Pope Francis says pilgrimages can be organized to a Bosnian shrine where the Virgin Mary is reported to have appeared, but the Vatican is stressing that no decision has yet been taken on whether the apparitions in Medjugorje are authentic.

Libya’s coast guard says it has rescued nearly 150 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, off the country’s Mediterranean coast.

The Israeli ambassador to Germany says he is avoiding any contact with the far-right Alternative for Germany party because their leaders have said things that are 'highly insulting for Jews, for Israel and for the entire issue of the Holocaust.'

An Afghan official says unidentified gunmen killed a deputy intelligence director for northern Baghlan province.

Formula One great Michael Schumacher will be the subject of a documentary about his life, the film’s executive producers say.

Iranian media say the country’s authorities have shut down a reformist magazine that urged negotiations with the United States.

Albania’s center-right opposition has decided to continue protests calling for the resignation of the government and for an early parliamentary election.

Before Cyprus gained fame as the mythical birthplace of the goddess of love Aphrodite nearly three millennia ago, Cyprus was known around the Mediterranean for its perfumes, scents that the mighty queens of Egypt coveted.

Saudi Arabia’s security forces killed eight alleged terrorists in a shootout in the predominantly Shiite eastern region of Qatif, a government statement issued late Saturday said.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that the political will to fight climate change seems to be fading at the same time as things are getting worse for those feeling the effects.