An Algerian military transport plane slammed into a mountain Tuesday in the country's rugged eastern region, killing 77 people and leaving just one survivor, the defense ministry...

The leaders of Cyprus' Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities embarked Tuesday on a new round of talks aimed at achieving the long-elusive goal of reunifying the ethnically split island...

Shirley Temple, the dimpled, curly-haired child star who sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers, has died, according to publicist Cheryl Kagan. She...

Iranians are celebrating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution with the same old chants of "Down with the U.S." and "Death to Israel."   Hundreds of thousands of...

In a sharp rebuke to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, the European Union on Monday called for the formation of a new, inclusive government and constitutional reforms that would pave the way to...

European foreign ministers on Monday sought ways to foster a solution to the crisis engulfing Ukraine, saying nearly three months of protests show the need for the government to reach a political...

Anyone who doubts that the wars in Iraq and Syria are closely connected need look no further than the role of Al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, whose fighters have been pouring...

Ukraine's security agency on Sunday warned of a heightened risk of terrorism, including from nearly three months of anti-government protests. The warning raised the pressure on the opposition as...

He's a brash, kid-faced dynamo who is injecting fresh blood into Italy's sclerotic politics — and the left's great hope now that Silvio Berlusconi's criminal convictions keep the...

A planned international operation to destroy Syria’s chemical arsenal at sea will pose no threat to the Mediterranean ecosystem, Greece’s foreign minister told an EU conference on...