China’s economy slowed unexpectedly in the second quarter of this year. Just as unexpectedly, most data released since July suggest that China’s growth has stabilized. Markets, not...

Hurricane Raymond remained nearly stationary as it spun off Mexico's southern Pacific coast late Monday, threatening to spread heavy rains onto a sodden region already devastated by last...

European Union foreign ministers told Russia on Monday to stop using trade agreements to punish East European nations seeking closer relations or special agreements with the bloc.   The...

Gypsies stroll about prefabricated homes in their camp, many of them smiling. But there is worry and resentment here.   Their community is at the center of a child abduction case, with a...

Unlike in the past, there probably will not be large protests at the upcoming Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, or at the subsequent World Trade Organization...

The Christian Democrat party of long-serving Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker easily remained the biggest party and the first choice to form a new coalition government following Sunday's...

Germany's Social Democrats have approved formal coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in order to form a new government.   The negotiations between the...

Israel's prime minister on Sunday urged the international community to step up the pressure on Iran, despite some optimism following the latest round of nuclear talks with the Islamic...

Another 10 people have died in hospitals after drinking toxic bootleg liquor in northern India, police said Sunday, raising the death toll to 42 in the past three days.   Some 40 people are...

Firefighters battling some of the most destructive wildfires to ever strike Australia's most populous state were bracing Sunday for worsening conditions, with higher temperatures and winds...