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European soccer fans continue to do their best to prove they are absolutely the most fired up in the world. And we do mean ‘fired up.’

Japan, which had a devastating tsunami in 2011, was home for another unbelievable act of nature on Sunday.

A high-speed train in northwestern Spain derailed Wednesday night, killing 78 passengers and injuring at least 140 more, including five Americans.

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's interior minister says a body fell from an Air France plane as it approached the West African country's capital, Niamey, and was discovered lifeless in western suburb.

PARIS (AP) — An official for France's national railway says that a packed intercity train derailed while transporting passengers from Paris to Limoges.

Pope John Paul II, who headed the Catholic Church from 1978 through his death in 2005, will soon officially become a saint. The sainthood was expected for the widely beloved pope, for whom thousands of Catholics chanted "Santo subito" ("Sainthood now”) in St...

The first female prime minister of England, Margaret Thatcher, has passed away due to a stroke. She was 87 years old.

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The new pontiff, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, formerly the Archbishop of Buenos Aries, Argentina, has taken the name "Francis I." Read more on the new pope here...

Jorge Bergoglio, the 76-year-old archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has been elected as pope. He is the first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church. Bergoglio, who has taken the name Francis I, is also the first Jesuit priest to become pope.