Claudio Abbado, a star in the great generation of Italian conductors who was revered by musicians in the world's leading orchestras for developing a strong rapport with them while still allowing...

In November, I spoke at the United Nations Security Council for the first time in 13 years. It struck me how different the mood is now. In September 2000, the world seemed very different. We were...

Anti-government protests in Ukraine's capital escalated into fiery street battles with police Sunday as thousands of demonstrators hurled rocks and firebombs to set police vehicles ablaze. Dozens...

More than 90 wildfires were burning over Australia's New South Wales state on Sunday, but the danger has ebbed in neighboring Victoria and South Australia states.   Many of the 93 fires...

Voters overwhelmingly supported Egypt's military-backed constitution in a two-day election, with 98.1 percent supporting it in the first vote since a coup toppled the country's president, the...

A pre-dawn stampede killed 18 people Saturday as tens of thousands of people gathered to mourn the death of a Muslim spiritual leader in India's financial capital, police said.   At...

President Francois Hollande has visited France's first lady for the first time since she was hospitalized late last week after a gossip magazine reported he was having an affair with an...

France's unmarried president — and the reported love triangle involving the companion he installed into the Elysee palace and a French actress supposedly down the street — have led the...

In this year's Oscar nominations, entries didn't sway far from what was expected, though there were a few shocking additions — five-time Razzie nominee "Lone Ranger"! —...

The con-artist comedy "American Hustle" and the 3-D space odyssey "Gravity" lead the Academy Awards with 10 nominations each, with the historical epic "12 Years a Slave"...