China's first moon rover has touched the lunar surface and left deep traces on its loose soil, state media reported Sunday, several hours after the country successfully carried out the world's...

Europe faces challenges that often cannot be effectively addressed by member states acting alone. The cultural and creative sectors are a good example of what can be achieved by pooling our resources...

Members of Germany's main center-left party have voted to go into government with Chancellor Angela Merkel, clearing the way for Merkel to start her third term at the head of a new...

South Africa's government was confronted Friday with a new and chilling allegation about the bogus sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial: He was reportedly accused of murder...

Several hundred mourners eager to pay their last respects to Nelson Mandela broke through police barriers and stormed up toward the Union Buildings shortly before the former South African...

North Korea said Friday that it executed Kim Jong Un's uncle as a traitor for trying to seize supreme power, a stunning end for the leader's former mentor, long considered the country's...

The man accused of faking sign interpretation while standing alongside world leaders like U.S. President Barack Obama at Nelson Mandela's memorial service said Thursday he hallucinated that angels...

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych "intends to sign" the far-reaching trade and cooperation agreement with the EU that he rejected only last month, the European Union's foreign policy...

Australia's highest court struck down a landmark law on Thursday that had begun allowing the country's first gay marriages, shattering the dreams of more than two dozen same-sex newlyweds...

Pope Francis has been selected by Time magazine as the Person of the Year.   In only his first year, the pope was selected by the magazine's editor as the person who had the...