VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has invited Muslim envoys to meet with him at his summer residence Monday for what the Holy See says is urgently needed dialogue following the crisis ignited by his remarks on Islam and violence. Turkey and Iran ...

The US has won the unanimous backing of the UN Security Council for its plans for reconstruction in Iraq. Paul Bremer, the US administrator in Iraq has made it clear that he wants women to be active participants in the new government. Muslim countries ...