Reuters

The pope used what might be his strongest language yet in condemning the sexual abuse and promising to punish those responsible.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama are scheduled to talk after the former speaks at a United Nations meeting in New York Monday.

It will be the second meeting between the two leaders since they announced a detente after more than half a century of animosity between the former Cold War foes.

"It is like a drip, drip, drip. That's why I said there is only so much I can control," Hillary Clinton told NBC's "Meet the Press."

Speaker of the House John Boehner said the House this week would pass a government funding bill now moving through the Senate, which does not meet conservatives' demands to cut off money for Planned Parenthood.

The St. Louis Cardinals starter will be sidelined with a shoulder strain.

The Polish star defeated Belinda Bencic in straight sets in Tokyo.

Earlier this month, Berlusconi became the most prominent Western politician to visit the Black Sea peninsula, which was annexed by Russia last year.

John Cryan may cut as many as 23,000 staff members at Deutsche Bank AG alone.

The European Union's dream of building "a ring of friends" from the Caucasus to the Sahara has turned into a nightmare as conflicts beyond its borders send refugees teeming into Europe.

No injuries or arrests were initially reported, after Palestinian youths, chanting "God is great", threw rocks at police in riot gear, who responded with what a spokeswoman described as "appropriate riot dispersal means".

Somali lawmakers last month filed the motion against President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, accusing him of abuse of office and "betraying the country".

Xi's U.S. trip has - at least in terms of U.S. media coverage - been firmly overshadowed by the wildly popular pontiff, raising questions over its timing and contrasting sharply with the wall-to-wall coverage of Xi by Chinese media.

The police officer charged with manslaughter over the death of Freddie Gray told another officer the man in their custody appeared to need medical assistance, but none was provided at the time, the Baltimore Sun reported.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani used a major United Nations speech on Saturday to demand an investigation into a crush that killed more than 700 people at the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

The ruling Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog accused Zhou Benshun in July of "serious breaches of discipline and the law," a euphemism for corruption.

Conservative Catholic blog Rorate Caeli called Wahlberg out for his support of gay marriage, which the Church strongly opposes.

The North is planning another satellite launch next month, re-igniting fears that it is really testing a system to deliver nuclear weapons.

Shells apparently fired by insurgents hit the village of al-Foua in the northwestern province of Idlib, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Western officials said Kerry wants to launch a new initiative to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict.

State officials and family members gathered at Brooklyn's Emmanuel Baptist Church in a private service for Carey Gabay, 43, who was struck in the head at a pre-dawn outdoor celebration.

Authorities in Germany have known for years about the widening gap between emissions values measured in official laboratory tests and those recorded in real-world environments.

Pope Francis travels on Saturday to Philadelphia, the birthplace of American independence, to promote the issue of religious freedom on the penultimate day of his first visit to the United States.

Suzuki Motor Corp said it has sold its entire 1.5 percent stake in Volkswagen AG to Porsche Automobil Holding SE and will post a special profit of 36.7 billion yen ($304 million) on the transaction.

Ukraine and some of its Western allies condemned on Friday a decision by pro-Russian separatists to ban most foreign aid organizations from parts of rebel-held territory, saying the move violated the Minsk peace agreement.

China and the United States will look at the mutual recognition and enforcement of seizure orders for dirty assets which have been taken abroad by corruption suspects, China's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday that ties with the United States had improved, although there was "still a long road to travel" before the two estranged nations could have normal relations.

"Yes, the border is now open to all traffic," an officer of the border police at the key Bajakovo crossing said.

Tresiba is already being sold in 30 countries, and analysts expect annual sales of $2.4 billion by 2020, according to Thomson Reuters Cortellis.