Official figures show inflation across the 19-country eurozone was modestly higher than anticipated during November, a development that's likely to bring some relief to policymakers at the European...

The World Bank has approved a $1.5 billion loan for a state-led sanitation program in India, where millions of people have no access to toilets, the bank said Wednesday. The loan, disbursed over...

The following is a statement issued by the Turkish government on its fight against oil smuggling DEASH/ISIL terrorist group is a national security threat to Turkey. It has been listed by...

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-REPUBLICAN DEBATE LAS VEGAS — In a presidential race reshaped by national security concerns, Republican front-runner Donald Trump defends his provocative call for banning...

Greek and Roman antiquities and prehistoric artwork are under threat from Islamic State extremists in lawless Libya, leading world museums and the U.N. cultural agency said Tuesday. The...

Los Angeles schools have been closed as an unspecified threat is investigated, police have said. Officials would not specify the nature of the threat, which led to students being sent home and...

Pope Francis Pope Francis is urging governments consider granting a Holy Year amnesty to prisoners, find alternatives to incarceration and at the very least abolish the death penalty, in his annual...

Vatican prosecutors have launched 13 new investigations into suspected money-laundering this year, and currently have frozen some 11 million euros ($12.1 million) as part of beefed-up measures to...

Stunning video released Monday shows an angry man ramming his pickup truck through the lobby and into the front desk of an Oklahoma hotel as two women dive for safety at the last...

A suspected drink-driver was not so wise when he tried to hide from police - in a nativity scene, The Telegraph reports.   The motorist sought refuge among hay bales and the baby...