The Abruzzo region in central Italy has been hit by an earthquake which was also felt in Rome and Naples, Italian media report.    The earthquake measured 4.4 on the Richter scale and...

John Bercow, the former House of Commons speaker who oversaw Britain's bruising parliamentary battles over Brexit, says leaving the European Union would be a historic mistake for the U.K., but it's...

An 89-year-old Auschwitz survivor who is a senator-for-life in Italy has unwittingly provoked one of the country's most intense confrontations with anti-Semitism since the end of Italy's Fascist...

Robyn Crawford, a close female friend of Whitney Houston, has said the pair had a sexual relationship, international media report. Rumours have long surrounded Houston and Crawford, who made...

A Scottish tourist is believed to have been attacked and eaten by a shark after authorities on the island of Reunion found his severed hand inside the beast, the Scotsman reports. The unnamed...

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor called Wednesday for the immediate arrest of longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's son and two others accused of war crimes and crimes against...

Buckingham Palace says new outfits designed for Queen Elizabeth II will not use real fur. The palace said Wednesday the decision does not mean the queen will dispose of all the fur outfits she...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has compared his main rival to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin as he prepares to officially launch the governing Conservative Party's campaign for the Dec. 12...

Britain's three major political parties wooed weary voters on Tuesday, all promising an end to Brexit wrangling if they win next month's national election — but offering starkly different...

The European Union's top court has ruled that a Polish law lowering the retirement age for judges and setting different ages depending on their gender violates EU law. In a setback for Poland's...