Britain needed U.S. intelligence to help thwart a major terror attack. New Zealand relied on it to send troops to Afghanistan. And Australia used it to help convict a would-be bomber.   All...

NASA has aborted a spacewalk at the International Space Station because of a dangerous water leak in an astronaut's helmet.   Italy's first spacewalker, Luca Parmitano, reported that...

Cyprus' finance minister said Tuesday that he's optimistic international creditors will confirm that the country is sticking to the terms of its financial rescue when they complete their first...

Israel condemned new guidelines by the European Union on Tuesday which ban EU funding and cooperation with Israeli institutions situated in territory captured by the Jewish state in the 1967 Mideast...

The capture of the notoriously brutal Zetas leader Miguel Angel Trevino Morales is a serious blow to Mexico's most feared drug cartel but experts cautioned that taking down the group's command...

Greenpeace activists occupied a French nuclear power plant site before dawn Monday — a media stunt deeply embarrassing to the government which is intent on demonstrating that France's...

Sirens blaring, striking municipal police officers brought traffic to a standstill across central Athens Monday.   As part of a protest against government cuts, the officers parked their...

Abandoning the traditional Sunday greeting to crowds in St. Peter's Square for a day, Pope Francis opted for an informal front-door encounter with residents in a hill town outside Rome that hosts...

A leading Italian senator has been chastised by Premier Enrico Letta for likening the country's first black Cabinet minister to an orangutan, the latest high-profile racist episode in a nation...

Cory Monteith, the handsome young actor who shot to fame in the hit TV series "Glee" but was beset by addiction struggles so fierce that he once said he was lucky to be alive, was found dead...