Thousands of people joined a rally Friday in support of Slovenia's embattled center-right government, amid mounting political tensions in the small, economically troubled European Union country...

As Indiana Jones might say: Why did it have to be the Year of the Snake?   When the Chinese-speaking world ushers in its new year on Sunday, its 12-year zodiac will turn from the dragon to...

      Ireland has earned a long-sought agreement with the European Central Bank to overhaul repayment of its colossal bank-bailout costs, a deal expected to save the country...

When will the sun come up today? In Russia, it's a matter of fierce debate, and one that may reflect the sinking stature of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.   Medvedev declared Thursday...

Aid workers struggled to reach remote, tsunami-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands on Thursday, as the death toll rose with more bodies found in wrecked homes and debris in the South Pacific...

    One sleepy little side street in Vienna just got sleepier.   Tucked behind a Gothic church and surrounded by Renaissance-era houses, a new studio is offering deal-makers,...

The morning high-speed train from Brussels pulled into the lonely train station of the provincial French city of Strasbourg. As the doors opened, the chaotic scramble for cabs, cars and buses heralded...

A Tunisian opposition leader critical of the Islamist-led government and violence by radical Muslims was shot to death Wednesday, according to the government. The killing is likely to heighten...

    The end is near for the shoe, wheelbarrow or iron in the classic Monopoly game as fans vote Tuesday in the final hours of a contest to determine which token to eliminate and which...

    A long overdue book has finally been returned to the New York Public Library — 55 years late.   The Daily News says the biography of a 16th-century priest called...