The world's economic recovery will be "hesitant and uneven" next year, with Europe's debt troubles weighing on more vibrant economies such as the U.S. and in the developing world, a...

In his victory speech to a rapturous crowd in Chicago following his reelection, President Barack Obama affirmed that America’s “decade-long conflict” in Afghanistan will now end. The...

    Egypt's president told the country's top judges Monday that he did not infringe on their authority when he seized near absolute powers, setting up a prolonged showdown on...

    Thousands of dairy farmers on Monday protested low prices for their product, choking traffic into the Belgian capital with hundreds of tractors and spraying European Union...

A fire broke out Monday at a workshop for disabled people in southwestern Germany, killing 14 people and injuring at least six others, authorities said.   Markus Straub, a spokesman for...

A 91-year-old former member of the Nazis' Waffen SS has been charged with murder in the 1944 slaying of a Dutch resistance fighter, who was allegedly executed shortly after he was captured,...

The White House could finally have its chance to close the books on its Libya public relations disaster, as key Republicans signal they might not stand in the way of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to...

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Monday abruptly announced he was quitting politics, shaking up the country's political system just weeks ahead of general elections.   Barak, a...

A postcard mailed nearly 70 years ago has finally arrived at the former upstate New York home of the couple who sent it.   The postcard was sent July 4, 1943, from Rockford, Illinois, to...

Thousands of Bangladeshi workers blocked the streets of a Dhaka suburb Monday, throwing stones at factories and smashing vehicles, as they demanded justice for 112 people killed in a garment-factory...