The U.N. refugee agency says some 70,000 Syrians have crossed into Turkey in the past 24 hours to escape fighting between Kurdish forces and the Islamic State group.   A spokeswoman for the...

Pope Francis arrived Sunday in Albania on his first European trip, designed to highlight the Balkan nation's path from a brutal communist state where religion was banned to a model of...

Police were called to separate rival supporters of the union and independence after hundreds of people crowded into Glasgow's George square on Friday.   Union supporters and rivals...

Catalonia's parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of giving its regional president the power to call an independence "consultation".   Spain's government opposes...

Negotiators in Ukrainian peace talks agreed early Saturday to create a buffer zone to separate government troops and pro-Russian militants and withdraw heavy weapons and foreign fighters in order to...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced his return to politics.   On his Facebook page, he said he would seek the leadership of the opposition UMP party, widely seen as a first...

Alex Salmond is to step down as first minister of Scotland after voters decisively rejected independence.   He will also resign as leader of the Scottish National Party after the...

Scotland's decision to stay within the United Kingdom cost separatists across Europe political momentum they could have gained for their own independence ambitions. But the regional parliament in...

Joining U.S. forces acting in Iraqi skies, France conducted its first airstrikes Friday against the militant Islamic State group, destroying a logistics depot, Iraqi and French officials...

Torrential monsoon rains worsened by a tropical storm flooded large swathes of the Philippine capital and nearby provinces Friday, leaving at least three people dead and displacing tens of thousands...