NewsmaxWorld RSS FeedWed, 22 May 2013 04:24:08 EDTPope Francis has expressed his "closeness to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado," with special concern for "those who lost young children."Tue, 21 May 2013 16:19:29 EDTRussia's leading polling group said Tuesday it would fight to keep operating despite pressure to register as a "foreign agent" under what it calls a campaign by President Vladimir Putin to silence independent voices.Tue, 21 May 2013 10:23:17 EDTThe Vatican on Tuesday denied that Pope Francis had performed an exorcism after an Italian religious television channel said footage of the pontiff blessing a boy in a wheelchair showed he had. The Holy Father did not intend to perform any exorcism, Vatican spokesman...Tue, 21 May 2013 06:37:32 EDTThe head of the Council of Europe told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday he was concerned a law requiring nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), which received funding from abroad, to register as foreign agents could have a "chilling effect."Tue, 21 May 2013 04:01:55 EDTRussian security forces killed two suspected militants in the North Caucasus during a night-time sweep in the region plagued by an Islamist insurgency, investigators said on Tuesday.Mon, 20 May 2013 07:19:18 EDTMore than 8,000 French households' tax bills topped 100 percent of their income last year, the business newspaper Les Echos reported on Saturday, citing Finance Ministry data. The newspaper said that the exceptionally high level of taxation was due to a one-off levy last...Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:21 EDTWith the swipe of a pontifical finger, a new Catholic news app for smartphones and tablets was launched on May 17. At the conclusion of an audience with national directors of mission societies from around the world, Father Andrew Small, national director of the Pontifical...Mon, 20 May 2013 05:34:23 EDTLawmakers in David Cameron’s Conservative Party, who last week voted against him over his policy toward the European Union (EU), were Monday on course to oppose him again, over plans to introduce gay marriage.Sun, 19 May 2013 09:33:31 EDTCroatian researchers are training sugar-craving honeybees to find unexploded mines littering their country and the rest of the Balkans.Sun, 19 May 2013 09:06:16 EDTThe European Union criticized Russia's human rights record on Sunday, saying it was increasingly concerned at a wave of restrictive legislation and prosecutions against activists.Sun, 19 May 2013 08:23:48 EDTFrench anti-terror judges have ordered the detention of a man on suspicions he aided an al-Qaida-inspired gunman in preparing for a shooting spree last year, a judicial source said.Sun, 19 May 2013 08:03:32 EDTBritish Prime Minister David Cameron is "losing control of his party", Conservative Party grandee Geoffrey Howe said on Sunday, as a row raged over whether a close aide to Cameron had labeled grassroots activists "mad, swivel-eyed loons". Sat, 18 May 2013 11:49:57 EDTGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, made a quick trip to Rome Saturday for a private meeting with Pope Francis, focusing on how Europe's struggling economy should be at the service of the people.Sat, 18 May 2013 11:21:00 EDTFrance has received approval from the U.S. Pentagon to buy two Reaper drones for intelligence gathering, and now only needs backing from Congress, Le Monde newspaper said on Saturday.Sat, 18 May 2013 11:13:00 EDTSupporters and opponents of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich scuffled as both sides held large rallies in the capital Kiev on Saturday, police and local media said.Sat, 18 May 2013 08:16:18 EDTThousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of recession. Sat, 18 May 2013 06:22:02 EDTFrench President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalize gay weddings. Fri, 17 May 2013 08:20:44 EDTThousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, occupied a central street in Georgia's capital Friday, with some threatening to lash with nettles any participant in a gay pride parade which was to take place there.Fri, 17 May 2013 07:26:29 EDTTurkish police have detained a man they believe to be one of the main perpetrators of car bombings that killed more than 50 people near the Syrian border, officials said on Friday.Thu, 16 May 2013 13:37:14 EDTRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran must take part in a proposed international conference to end Syria's civil war, but that Western states wanted to limit the participants and possibly predetermine the outcome of the talks.