Queen Elizabeth II — bearing a basket of honey, whiskey and other goodies from the royal estates — paid a visit to Pope France at the Vatican on Thursday. The pontiff returned the...

The European Parliament adopted a "net neutrality" bill on Thursday, barring Internet service providers from giving preference to some kinds of traffic on their networks — such as...

An Iraq War veteran being treated for mental illness opened fire on fellow service members at the Fort Hood military base, killing three people and wounding 16 before committing suicide at...

A powerful 7.6-magnitude aftershock hit Chile's far-northern coast late Wednesday night, shaking the same area where a magnitude-8.2 earthquake hit just a day before causing some damage and six...

The United States called on Europe to wean itself from a dangerous dependency on Russian gas, saying it was time to stand together and bring an end to the Kremlin's use of energy supplies as...

French President Francois Hollande approved a new Cabinet Wednesday that includes his ex-companion Segolene Royal as minister of environment and energy.   The new government was...

A powerful magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck off northernChile on Tuesday night, setting off a small tsunami that forced evacuations along the country's entire Pacific coast. Five people were...

Russia on Tuesday sharply hiked the price for natural gas to Ukraine and threatened to reclaim billions previous discounts, raising the heat on its cash-strapped government, while Ukrainian police...

A large explosion rocked a natural gas processing plant on the Washington-Oregon border Monday, injuring four workers, causing about 400 people to evacuate from nearby farms and homes, and emitting a...

Authorities in Washington state said Monday that they believe 22 people are still missing in the deadly mudslide that has killed at least 24 people.   That is down from the 30 people they...