Syria's main Western-backed opposition group on Thursday welcomed President Barack Obama's authorization of U.S. airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group inside Syria, saying it stands...

The judge in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial appeared to be heading for a culpable homicide finding Thursday after ruling out both both premeditated murder and murder verdicts in the shooting death...

Richard Kiel, the towering actor best known for portraying steel-toothed villain Jaws in a pair of James Bond films, has died. He was 74.   Kelley Sanchez, director of communications at...

Opening a new military front in the Middle East, President Barack Obama authorized U.S. airstrikes inside Syria for the first time, along with expanded strikes in Iraq as part of "a steady,...

Mike Tyson directed an expletive-filled rant at a Canadian television anchor in a live interview Wednesday after the host brought up the former heavyweight champion's conviction for sexual...

French President Francois Hollande has condemned an accusation by the former first lady that he hates the poor as a "lie that hurts me".   Mr Hollande said he did not want anyone...

A narrow majority of Europeans surveyed by the GMF think tank have said Ukraine should be given EU membership even if it annoys Russia, while two-thirds supported tougher Russia sanctions....

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group, has submitted the nomination of Euromaidan, to be represented by Mustafa Nayem, Ruslana Lyzhychko, Yelyzaveta Schepetylnykova and Tetiana...

Britain's three main party leaders have cast aside partisan Westminster politics today, abandoning the routine of the weekly battle of prime minister's questions, to travel to Scotland in a...

More than 600 Russian tourists are reported to be stranded in Cyprus as Solvex, a Russia-based travel agency filed for bankruptcy on Monday.    Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (ACTA)...