New satellite images indicate that snow may have slowed North Korea's rocket launch preparations, but that Pyongyang could still be ready for liftoff starting...

    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...

Vienna's transport authority says a city bus driver checking a bag left behind by a passenger had the surprise of his life — €390,000, or over $500,000, in neatly stacked 500-euro...