UN expert reports are meant to provide impartial, fact-based assessments. But in crisis situations, neutrality is difficult to maintain. Challenges such as political pressures, unreliable data, member ...

Europe may be the second-smallest continent by land area, but it packs a punch when it comes to culture, history, and ...

Francis upheld church teaching opposing abortion and echoed his predecessors in saying that human life is sacred and must be ...

Italy’s economic strength is in the processing and manufacturing of goods, made with imported raw materials and ingredients.

Cardinals are a pontiff's closest collaborators, running key departments at the Vatican and dioceses around the world. When a pope dies or resigns, those cardinals aged under 80 are eligible to enter ...

European Central Bank Governing Council member Martins Kazaks said that tariffs announced by the US were stoking uncertainty and raising the risk of an economic recession in the euro area.

Crowds flocked to St. Peter’s Square as well-wishers worldwide laid flowers at churches around the world with bells pealing ...

Russia’s president has shown no sign that he’s serious about negotiating peace in Ukraine. European countries can and should ...

Frustration with established parties across Europe has created openings the right has been quick to fill. Can a divided left ...

The implementation of Trump’s fluctuating trade policies this spring has caused the U.S. to cross the “bridge to a recession, ...