Pope Francis is urging Catholic bishops to dream of a future free of the mistakes and sins of the past as he opens a global gathering of church leaders amid renewed outrage over the priestly sex abuse and cover-up scandal
UN court issues interim order to United States to lift Iran sanctions linked to humanitarian goods, civil aviation
A Finnish icebreaker has conducted an oil spill response exercise in the Baltic Sea, testing a new, inbuilt oil recovery system _ a first for an icebreaker
The Islamic State group says one of its leaders in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has been killed
Official says wife of ex-Malaysian prime minister has been arrested and is expected to be charged in graft scandal
Police have caught one of France's most wanted men, three months after his spectacular helicopter escape from prison
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has assumed responsibility for France's domestic security after the interior minister resigned in an apparent act of defiance toward President Emmanuel Macron
Experts worry EPA is planning changes in regulations that could lead to higher levels of radiation exposure
A closely watched survey shows that the eurozone economy lost further momentum during September with exports at the forefront of the slowdown
Turkey's statistics agency says the country's inflation rate has jumped to almost 25 percent in September amid a sliding currency
Iraq's newly-elected president is set to be inaugurated a day after tapping an independent Shiite lawmaker for the post of prime minister
The lawyer for an American pastor held in Turkey on spying and terror charges says he has petitioned Turkey's highest court for his release
President Donald Trump says Saudi Arabia's king "might not be there for two weeks" without U.S. military support, as he sought to pressure the close American ally over rising oil prices
Desperate people in the hard-hit Indonesian city of Palu are searching for anything edible in the shell of a warehouse that tsunami waves pounded
Indonesian army increases disaster zone security to keep order, prevent attempts at looting
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gabriel Neal, Texas A&M University (THE CONVERSATION) When my brother and I were kids back in the ‘80s, we loved going to Long John Silver’s. But it wasn’t just for the fish. It was for the vinegar – malt vinegar. We would uncap a bottle at the table and swig that tangy, delicious nectar of the gods straight.Are most of you repulsed? Probably. Were we way ahead of our time?
Slayings, mysterious deaths of prominent women raise fears of a new wave of killings in Iraq
A Japanese spacecraft has dropped a German-French observation device to land on an asteroid as part of a research effort intended to find clues to the origin of the solar system
A volcano has erupted in central Indonesia and authorities have warned planes about volcanic ash in the air
For Cubs, season ends with 13-inning loss to Rockies in marathon wild-card game
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