The German Defence Ministry is investigating an amateur video clip of a German army instructor

Pope Benedict XVI criticizes the "cruelty" of capitalism's exploitation of the poor but also decrying the absence of God in Marxism.

A conference will be held on April 16 in the Libyan capital of Tripoli

At least 23 people died Saturday and many more were missing after a flash flood swept over a popular waterfall in southern Thailand, officials said.

The United States will not release five Iranians captured in Iraq despite an Iranian demand for their release, a US-based newspaper reported.

Russian riot police detained as many as 200 demonstrators Saturday, including opposition leader and former chess champion Garry Kasparov, in a crackdown on a banned protest in central Moscow.