A man who has admitted hijacking a domestic EgyptAir flight and diverting it to Cyprus is claiming political asylum on the island, claiming he is afraid of how he could be treated by Egyptian...

Israeli mathematicians and archaeologists say they have found evidence to suggest that key biblical texts may have been composed earlier than what some scholars think. Using handwriting analysis...

A man dismembered a nurse and mother of three in her suburban home then drove her head and other remains to Seattle, where they were found in garbage bags in a recycling bin, authorities...

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Heavily armed military police sealed off part of Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport for hours Tuesday night after arresting a man for unspecified suspicious behavior and summoning explosives...

Organized crime prosecutors raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm Tuesday looking for evidence of money laundering and financing terrorism following a leak of documents about tax havens...

A painting that may be by the Italian master Caravaggio and worth £94m has been found in the loft of a house in southern France. It was found in Toulouse two years ago and passed to art...

The European Union's executive wants thousands of multinationals doing business in its 28 nations to show where they pay tax and make their profit on a country-by-country basis to be able to close...

PN MEP David Casa criticised "orchestrated attacks" being made on certain individuals who attended the national protest against corruption, and called the inaction by government on this issue "scandalous"....

Belgian authorities have charged two more men with offenses related to the Brussels bombings. The Belgian Federal Prosecutor's office said Tuesday that the suspects, identified only as Smail F....