VATICAN CITY, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Pope Francis has dismissed a Paraguayan bishop accused of protecting a priest suspected of sexually abusing young people, the Vatican said on Thursday. A statement said the pope had removed Bishop Rogelio Ricardo ...

European captain Paul McGinley insists Rory McIlroy will be fresh and raring to go when the 40th Ryder Cup gets under way at Gleneagles on Friday, but hinted that Graeme McDowell may not be alongside him when it does. McIlroy and McDowell have been ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The No. 2 and 3 U.S. diplomats will hold bilateral talks with Iranian officials about Tehran's nuclear program on Wednesday and Thursday in New York, the U.S. State Department said. "Deputy Secretary of State William J.

But as anyone who has travelled to the paradisaical island of Koh Tao will testify, given the idyllic and tranquil setting, it couldn't have come as more of a shock - to locals and the hoards of backpackers recuperating on its golden sands. Koh Tao, or Turtle ...

INCHEON, South Korea, Sept 17 (Reuters) - South Korea's sepaktakraw team will count on "world-class killers, feeders and tekongs" to end the Asian Games dominance of powerhouse Thailand and hope the event will help boost local interest in the ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — At least six terror suspects were arrested over the weekend in a raid on an al-Shabab cell that was apparently plotting an attack in this East African country, a Ugandan military spokesman said Monday. Explosives were seized from ...

Pakistan's army has arrested ten Taliban militants suspected of shooting teenage gender equality campaigner, Malala Yousafzai, in the head in 2012. Activist, Malala, won world recognition after she was brutally attacked and left fighting for her life for ...

LONDON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Supporters of keeping Scotland in the United Kingdom hold a two-point lead over supporters of independence, an opinion poll showed on Friday, less than a week before Scots vote in a referendum on whether to split from the ...

Stargazers hoping to see the Northern Lights as a result of the powerful solar flare hurtling towards Earth may be left disappointed. While there is a possibility the "extreme" solar storm will affect communications and power systems later today, reports in the ...

David Cameron may claim this offers Scotland 'the best of both worlds' if they vote No. But it could promise the worst of every world, with the rest of us forced to pick up the bills for Mr Salmond. With breathtaking legerdemain, Alex Salmond likens the Scottish ...

HOUSTON (AP) — The FBI says a U.S. air marshal was attacked with a syringe at a Nigerian airport. FBI spokesman Christos Sinos said Tuesday that preliminary tests show the syringe did not contain any deadly pathogens. It's not known what was in the ...

Just three British authors appear on the shortlist for this year's Man Booker Prize after a change to the literary award opened the door for international writers for the first time. Past Booker winner Howard Jacobson and Ali Smith, who has twice made the ...

BENGHAZI, Libya, Sept 8 (Reuters) - A U.N. special envoy visited Libya's elected parliament in the eastern town of Tobruk on Monday in a show of support against a rival assembly set up by armed groups that seized the capital, Tripoli, last month. Bernardino ...

It seems Melissa Rivers is doing her best to keep her chin up after farewelling her mother at an emotional funeral on Sunday. The 46-year-old daughter of comedy legend Joan Rivers headed to Madison Avenue in New York City on Monday for a day of retail ...

David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Gordon Brown will join forces this week to promise Scotland more powers from London if voters choose to stay in the UK. A cross-party plan for increased control over tax, welfare and job creation in Edinburgh would be ...

NEWPORT, Wales, Sept 5 (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said on Friday he would stay in office until the end of his mandate in 2017 despite his record low opinion poll ratings, and defended himself vigorously against a suggestion he disliked ...

Joan Rivers died on Thursday at the age of 81 and fans were quick to tweet messages of sorrow. Jimmy Kimmel wrote on his Twitter account, 'We lost a great one in @Joan_Rivers - she was funny all the way to the end.' Another late night talk show host, Seth ...

Andy Murray admitted it was fitness that proved the difference in his US Open quarter-final defeat to Novak Djokovic in the early hours of Thursday morning. Murray lost 7-6, (7-1) 6-7 (1-7), 6-2, 6-4 to world No 1 Djokovic in a match lasting three hours and 33 ...

MOSCOW, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it was ready to renew gas talks with Kiev, but only if it paid its debts, in a possible offer of dialogue after the two nations' leaders said they had discussed steps towards peace in eastern Ukraine.

LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Britain's top equity index touched its highest level in more than 14 years on Wednesday as signs that Ukraine and Russia were working to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine lifted global stock markets. The blue-chip FTSE 100 ...