Although many European governments have announced expenditure cuts and tax hikes, their debt/GDP ratios continue to deteriorate. So, if the purpose of austerity was to reduce debt levels, its critics...

Heavy rains brought by a typhoon triggered landslides in southernChina that buried homes and vehicles and killed at least 15 people, as the number of dead or missing from recent flooding in the...

His newborn son is "a little bit of a rascal" and car seats can daunt any dad, Britain's Prince William says.   The second in line to the British throne has described...

Egyptian judiciary officials say former President Hosni Mubarak could be freed from custody this week.   They say a court on Monday ordered his release in a corruption case that alleged he...

A group of teenagers kicked and beat a 17-year-old to death after a kite-flying dispute on the rooftops of the Indian capital, police said Monday.   Rajan Chand had been flying a kite in a...

A British navy warship has arrived in the disputed territory of Gibraltar, coinciding with a souring of relations between Madrid and London in a row over an artificial reef that Spain says affects its...

Soldiers fired their rifles in the air to keep a crowd from attacking supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi as they were being taken, one by one, out of the Al-Fath mosque in Cairo where they...

One spring evening in 1997, when I was a mental-health researcher at the Australian National University in Canberra, I was discussing with my wife, Betty Kitchener, a registered nurse who taught...

Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai goes on trial Thursday on corruption charges in a case crafted to minimize damage to the Communist Party and avoid exposure of party infighting or human rights...

The European Union says it will "urgently review" its relations with Egypt where more than 800 people have died in clashes between security forces and supporters of deposed President...