Despite a peace deal and a looming cease-fire deadline, Ukraine said Friday that eight soldiers were killed and 34 wounded overnight. Vladislav Seleznyov, spokesman for the Ukrainian army...

Official figures show that strong growth in Germany helped the eurozone economy grow faster than expected in the final three months of 2014. Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency, says economic...

Steve Strange, singer with British band Visage and one of the founders of the 1980s' New Romantic style, has died. He was 55. Strange's record label said he died Thursday in a hospital in the...

"Fifty Shades of Grey" opens in theatres across the world today but already it is getting a big thumbs-down from religious and other groups who say it is degrading to women and endorses sexual...

 One hails from Tonga, where climate change is threatening the very existence of the archipelago. Several live in places tormented by drug violence and organized crime. Another represents a tiny,...

A schoolboy has tragically died after being hit on the head by a bottle thrown across the playground. Oisin McGrath, 13, was struck while playing football on his lunch break at St Michael's...

UKRAINE MINSK, Belarus - Guns will fall silent and heavy weapons will pull back from the front under a peace deal hammered out Thursday in all-night negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, France...

A man wasn't defending his family but rather hunting someone when he shot and killed a German exchange student who was trespassing in his garage, a judge said Thursday as he sentenced the man to 70...

Greece and its creditors in the 19-country eurozone made a breakthrough Thursday, agreeing to launch technical discussions on Athens' demands to lighten the load of its bailout after weeks of...

The top aide to retired Pope Benedict XVI is insisting he resigned freely, amid conspiracy theories that Benedict's resignation was forced and the election of Pope Francis was thus...