The Arctic isn't nearly as bright and white as it used to be because of more ice melting in the ocean, and that's turning out to be a global problem, a new study...

Cyprus' president says any deal to reunify the ethnically split Mediterranean island nation has to be markedly different to one that was rejected by his Greek-Cypriot community a decade...

Italy's president asked the brash young leader of the Democratic Party, Matteo Renzi, to try to form a government Monday after Renzi engineered the sacking of the previous premier...

An Ethiopian Airlines plane destined for Rome was forced to land early Monday in Geneva, where the hijacker was arrested, authorities said.   The airline said one of its planes had been...

The force of "Gravity" was strong at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday — but it was unflinching drama "12 Years a Slave" that took the top prize.   Steve...

Eight times a day, a group of nuns files into a chapel in their rural northwest Missouri monastery to chant and worship.   Quite unexpectedly, this private, prayerful pursuit has made the...

Europe is grappling with great challenges – too great for any one country to address. Facing economic crisis, widespread unemployment and rising competition from developing economies, Europe...

At the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos last month, leading participants called for a rapid shift to cleaner energy to tackle climate change.   There is something...

Italy's president is consulting with political party leaders to determine if Democratic Party leader Matteo Renzi has enough support to form a new government.   Giorgio Napolitano...

A former chief of Libya's army called for the country's parliament and government to be suspended in an unusual video message Friday that many derided as a futile attempt to declare...