Tens of thousands of Egyptian protesters push past barbed wire fences installed by the army and march on the presidential palace, calling for President Mohammed Morsi to...

Just try finding a partridge in a pear tree in Britain these days.   Britain's Royal Society for Protection of Birds says the two icons of the Christmas song — grey partridges and...

A strong earthquake struck Friday off the coast of northeastern Japan in the same region that was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami last year. Tokyo high-rises swayed for several minutes, one...

The most recent official data show convincingly that the Chinese economy has bottomed out, and it is now widely expected that annual GDP growth should reach roughly 7.8% in 2012. This result should...

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1965, Japan and Malta have successfully developed excellent bilateral relations. In March 2011 Japan was hit by the Great East Japan Earth Quake, a...

The 2012 presidential election broke the $2 billion milestone in its final weeks, becoming the most expensive in American political history, according to final federal finance reports released...

    Concerns over the stability of the Italian government grew on Thursday after Silvio Berlusconi's party withdrew its support, threatening to bring a premature end to Premier...

Greece's unemployment rate rose to 26 percent in September, highlighting the country's economic plight as it heads toward a sixth year of recession.   The Greek Statistical Authority...

The Duchess of Cambridge left a London hospital Thursday after being treated for acute morning sickness related to her pregnancy.   Clutching a small bouquet of yellow roses, the former Kate...

Surrounded by steep mountains, far-flung New Bataan town has long been a tragedy waiting to happen in a valley of disasters. A government-issued geological hazard map identifies the extremely...