Four people were injured in falls but no one was gored as more than a thousand thrill-seekers tested their agility and courage by racing alongside fighting bulls through the streets of this northern Spanish city in the first bull run of the San Fermin festival. Navarra Hospital Dr. Manuel Montesino… Read More

Pope Francis met on Wednesday with the parents of a U.S. college student whose body was found in Rome’s Tiber river this week, as police tried to establish if the teenager was murdered less than 24 hours after arriving in Italy for summer classes. A brief Holy See statement said… Read More

The head of Britain’s Iraq War inquiry released a damning report Wednesday on a conflict he says was mounted on flawed intelligence, was executed with “wholly inadequate” planning, and ended “a long way from success.” Retired civil servant John Chilcot, who oversaw the seven-year inquiry, said “the U.K. chose to… Read More

Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and observers immediately criticized the sentence as lenient. South Africa has a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison for murder unless an offender can show reasons why it should be reduced. Judge… Read More

A Barcelona court on Friday gave Lionel Messi and his father suspended sentences of 21 months in prison for tax fraud. The court found both the Barcelona star and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, guilty of three counts of defrauding the tax department to the tune of 4.1 million euros… Read More

Pilots tried to extinguish a fire on board the EgyptAir flight that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in May, Egyptian investigators said Tuesday after analyzing a recovered cockpit voice recorder. The recordings were consistent with data previously recovered from the plane’s wreckage that showed heat, fire, and smoke around a… Read More

As Iraqis mourned in shock and disbelief, more dead bodies were recovered Tuesday from the site of a massive Islamic State suicide bombing this weekend in central Baghdad, bringing the death toll to 175, officials said. The staggering figure — one the worst bombings in 13 years of war in… Read More

Italian police have detained a homeless man in the death of a 19-year-old American student whose body was found in the Tiber River in Rome two days after his credit card had been used in Milan. Police on Tuesday identified the suspect as Massimo Galioto, a 40-year-old from Rome. In… Read More

Another powerful, controversial man is taking to reality TV to find an assistant — not Donald Trump but the leader of Chechnya. Russian state television on Thursday is broadcasting “Live — The Team,” in which participants are chosen to compete to become an assistant to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. A… Read More