German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe's sovereign debt crisis will last at least five more years.   Merkel says the continent is on the right path to overcome the crisis but...

This time, Belgium's royal family came out swinging.   Crown Prince Philippe, 52, had been depicted in a book as less of a man than is needed to become the next king of Belgium....

It may look to America like President Barack Obama is off the campaign trail. He's really not.   By commanding the response to a ferocious October storm a week before the election, Obama...

Just days before the presidential election, U.S. officials are striking back at allegations they failed to respond quickly or efficiently against the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi,...

A Polish woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing at least five of her newborn babies, a prosecutor said Friday.   The suspect, identified only as 41-year-old Beata Z., has been...

A British safety official who inspected Titanic before its maiden voyage thought it should have more lifeboats, according to his private notes, which are being offered for sale this...

The region hit by Superstorm Sandy was a patchwork of returning normality and despair, as bodies of the more than 90 dead across several U.S. states continued to be found but more communities were...

Police closed streets and sidewalks around CNN Centre in downtown Atlanta as they investigated a chemical bomb threat, but found no such device during a search of the complex.   Atlanta...

Every year, more than 200 million people are affected by natural disasters. Many will bear the brunt of recurring floods, storms, or droughts, and the majority of them will be women and girls. Most of...

Is it time for fiscal consolidation or stimulus? Should governments cut or increase spending? Once again the issue is a matter of dispute among policymakers and economists. Citizens, having been told...