Pope Francis has defended聽his controversial decision聽to let priests bless same-sex couples but admitted that 鈥渟olitude is a price you have to pay鈥� when you make difficult decisions.
Lee Sun-kyun, a popular South Korean actor best known for his role in the Oscar-winning movie 鈥淧arasite,鈥� was found dead in a car in Seoul on Wednesday.
Israel鈥檚 government faced calls for a cease-fire from some of its closest European allies on Sunday after a series of shootings, including the mistaken killing of three Israeli hostages, fueled global concerns about the conduct of the聽10-week-old war聽in Gaza.
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Pope Francis聽has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God鈥檚 love and mercy shouldn鈥檛 be subject to 鈥渁n exhaustive moral analysis鈥� to receive it.
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Hamas released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza on Monday, as the United States expressed increasing concern that the escalating Israel-Hamas war will spark a wider conflict in the region, including attacks on American troops.
Concerns from regulators about the dominance of Amazon and Microsoft in Britain鈥檚聽cloud computing market聽have triggered an investigation into the competitiveness of the key industry.
As a warming Earth聽simmered into worrisome new territory聽this week, scientists said the unofficial records being set for average planetary temperature were a clear sign of how pollutants released by humans are warming their environment. But the heat is also just one way the planet is telling us something is gravely wrong, they said.
British antitrust regulators cleared Amazon鈥檚 purchase of robot vacuum maker iRobot on Friday, but the $1.7 billion deal still faces scrutiny in the United States and Europe.
聽Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him as he delivered a campaign speech
Indonesian officials said Thursday that all 22 tsunami warning buoys installed near vulnerable islands failed to work when a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra.
The father of a high school student who was among more than 220 people confirmed to have died in the sinking of a South Korean ferry says he wants the world to see the ship's condition as it went down.
An air search in the southern Indian Ocean for possible objects from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane described as the "best lead" so far ended for the day without success Thursday but will resume in the morning, Australian rescue officials said.
Crimea's declaration of independence Monday from Ukraine triggered the toughest Western sanctions against Russia since the Cold War 鈥� with Washington and the European Union retaliating with asset freezes and travel bans and U.S. President Barack Obama vowing to "increase the cost" if the Kremlin does not back down.
The search for the missing Malaysian jet pushed deep into the northern and southern hemispheres Monday as Australia scoured the southern Indian Ocean and China offered 21 satellites to respond to Malaysia's call for help in the unprecedented hunt.
