France's government is calling for a three-month extension of the state of emergency that was declared after the Nov. 13 deadly attacks in Paris, a move criticized by human right groups as damaging...

A passenger was sucked out of a plane at 14,000 feet after a suspected bomb blasted a hole through the side of the fuselage just five minutes after take-off. Eyewitnesses claim the badly burned...

Smokers in Italy are now facing fines of up to 500 euros ($600) if they light up in a car with a child or pregnant woman — or if they toss a cigarette butt on the street — after new health...

GERMANY-NUCLEAR FUSION — Scientists take a step closer to achieving the dream of nuclear fusion, a technology that promises virtually limitless energy with few of the risks of conventional...

Germany is mulling taking away benefits from asylum-seekers if they refuse to try to learn the language and integrate; Denmark has just approved a measure to let police seize valuables from migrants...

Health officials on Tuesday reported that a person in Texas has become infected with the Zika virus through sex in the first case of the illness being transmitted within the United States amid the...

Bill Cosby arrived at court Tuesday to try to get the sexual assault case against him thrown out because of what his lawyers say was a binding commitment by a previous district attorney not to...

An Italian stage actor is in a coma after a lynching scene went wrong. Raphael Schumacher, 27, was starring in the six-scene play Mirages in Pisa when something went wrong during a sequence in...

British Prime Minister David Cameron says proposals to change Britain's relationship with the European Union reflect "real progress," but that more work must be done. He spoke after European...

A five-year-old Afghan boy who made a splash on the Internet by wearing a homemade Lionel Messi jersey might get the chance to meet the Barcelona great. The Afghan Football Federation said it is...