April 29, 2014: In this photo provided by the Australia Defence Force, multinational air-crew and aircraft involved in operation 'Southern Indian Ocean' are assembled for a photo at RAAF Base Pearce, in Perth, Western Australia. Seven nations, including ...

NAIROBI, Kenya – Even as millions of South Sudan citizens face the violence of war, disease and hunger, families of the country's top political leaders live in the safety and comfort of neighboring Kenya's posh Nairobi suburbs. Now some Kenyan legislators ...

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2010 file photo, American actor George Clooney holds hands with his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis prior to the presentation of the Armani Spring-Summer 2011 fashion collection, during the fashion week in Milan, Italy. Clooney, 52 ...

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2010 file photo, American actor George Clooney holds hands with his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis prior to the presentation of the Armani Spring-Summer 2011 fashion collection, during the fashion week in Milan, Italy. Clooney, 52 ...

The civil rights lawyer who argued unsuccessfully before the Supreme Court to end Michigan's affirmative action ban repeated Sunday that the high court's decision was “racist.” “This is a racist decision that takes us back to an era of state's rights,” civil rights ...

The civil rights lawyer who argued unsuccessfully before the Supreme Court to end Michigan's affirmative action ban repeated Sunday that the high court's decision was “racist.” “This is a racist decision that takes us back to an era of state's rights,” civil rights ...

Aug. 29, 2013: In this file citizen journalism image provided by the Local Committee of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, members of the UN investigation team take samples from the ground in the Damascus ...

KRAKOW, Poland – Nine years after his death, Polish-born Pope John Paul II is rallying thousands of his countrymen again as the Vatican canonizes him as a saint. Crowds with papal yellow and white flags and portable canvas stools arrived Sunday to watch ...

FILE - In this April 15, 1963 file photo, Pope John XXIII sits at his working desk in his studio in a 9th century tower in the Vatican gardens. In the background, the dome of St. Peter's Basilica.AP Photo/Luigi Felici, File. JOHNPAULfoto.jpg. FILE - In this Nov.

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says any unity government with the Islamic militant group Hamas would follow his political program, an apparent attempt to reassure the West. Abbas spoke Saturday to the Palestinian Central ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says any unity government with the Islamic militant group Hamas would follow his political program, an apparent attempt to reassure the West. Abbas spoke Saturday to the Palestinian Central ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says any unity government with the Islamic militant group Hamas would follow his political program, an apparent attempt to reassure the West. Abbas spoke Saturday to the Palestinian Central ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says any unity government with the Islamic militant group Hamas would follow his political program, an apparent attempt to reassure the West. Abbas spoke Saturday to the Palestinian Central ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says any unity government with the Islamic militant group Hamas would follow his political program, an apparent attempt to reassure the West. Abbas spoke Saturday to the Palestinian Central ...

There's nothing the media enjoy more than trashing observant Catholics. Pope Francis I has escaped most of this because journalists believe he will liberalize the church. But the media show their true colors with their attacks on Pope John Paul II on the verge ...

There's nothing the media enjoy more than trashing observant Catholics. Pope Francis I has escaped most of this because journalists believe he will liberalize the church. But the media show their true colors with their attacks on Pope John Paul II on the verge ...

In this photo taken on Thursday, April 24, 2014, commuters hang on to a moving passenger train in Soweto, south of Johannesburg, South Africa. As South Africa marks the 20th anniversary of multiracial democracy on Sunday, April 27, the achievements and ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia – An airline official says a drunk passenger on a Virgin Australia flight who caused a hijack scare has been arrested for creating a disturbance after the plane landed on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. Heru Sudjatmiko, airport manager ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia – An airline official says a drunk passenger on a Virgin Australia flight who caused a hijack scare has been arrested for creating a disturbance after the plane landed on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. Heru Sudjatmiko, airport manager ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia – An airline official says a drunk passenger on a Virgin Australia flight who caused a hijack scare has been arrested for creating a disturbance after the plane landed on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. Heru Sudjatmiko, airport manager ...