After decades of mistrust and sometimes betrayal, Mexican and U.S. authorities are increasingly setting aside their differences to unite against a common enemy.

An Indonesian passenger ferry with almost 250 people aboard sank in rough waters off Sumatra island, killing at least one, police said, while a second ferry ran aground in nearby waters.

After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assures the archbishop of Canterbury that he is still committed to seeking closer ties between Catholics and Anglicans.

Pope Benedict met artists from around the world in the Sistine Chapel and urged them to inject spirituality into their work, saying contemporary beauty was often "illusory and deceitful."

A South Korean man on death row for murdering 13 people in one of the country's worst killing sprees has died after hanging himself.