Rome, March 23, (RHC), -- Pope Benedict XVI on Friday began a six-day trip that will take him to Mexico and Cuba, in his first ever visit to an American Spanish speaking country.

PYONGYANG, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will further improve environment for foreign investment, an official said Friday.

Berlin, March 23, (RHC), -- Newly elected German President, Joachim Gauck, vowed to defend the European Union as he took the oath of office on Friday in the German capital of Berlin.

Islamabad, March 23, (RHC), -- At least five people were killed and nine wounded in a bomb explosion outside a mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border.

Geneva, March 23, (RHC) -- The UN and Arab League Special Envoy Kofi Annan is expected to travel this weekend to Moscow and Beijing to discuss the crisis in Syria, Annan's spokesperson informed Friday.