Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas raised the Palestinian flag at the United Nations for the first time on Wednesday with a promise that it will be raised soon in Jerusalem, "the capital of our...

Russia launched airstrikes Wednesday in Syria, sharply escalating Moscow's role in the conflict but also raising questions about whether its intent is fighting Islamic State militants or protecting...

The city of Paris, littered with 350 tons of cigarette butts each year, is striking back at smokers with a new 68-euro fine. Starting Thursday, anyone caught flicking their butt onto the pavement...

Russian lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to let President Vladimir Putin send Russian troops to Syria. The Kremlin sought to play down the decision, saying it will only use its air force there,...

Authorities in Greece say 2 people have died and 47 people have been rescued from a dinghy near the island of Lesbos. The Greek Coast Guard said the incident occurred early Wednesday and that the...

Official figures show that consumer prices across the 19-country eurozone fell in September for the first time in half a year as energy prices tanked. The 0.1 percent annual decline reported...

Pink Floyd co-founders Roger Waters and Nick Mason attended the premiere of a new movie about the monumental, three-year remounting of the band's famous 'The Wall' album in New York on...

UNITED NATIONS-SUMMIT UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama pledges all possible tools — military, intelligence and economic — to defeat the Islamic State group, but...

KWTV-TV reports that a woman is under arrest after a chase in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the chase exceeded speeds of 100 miles an hour....

Suggesting that countries responsible for the Mideast's turmoil should help shoulder its fallout, Hungary's foreign minister on Tuesday proposed a global quota system formigrants now flooding...