This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 16 December....

President Barack Obama put Russia's Vladimir Putin on notice Friday that the U.S. could use offensive cyber muscle to retaliate for interference in the U.S. presidential election, his...

A 101-year-old man in Britain has been convicted of sexual offences against children, becoming country's oldest prison inmate. A jury on Friday found Ralph Clarke guilty of 21 counts of indecency...

Police say a woman stole baby Jesus from a Nativity scene in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and dropped the figurine off at a hospital with a note explaining that the baby had been "neglected" by his...

Federal German prosecutors are investigating a 12-year-old boy who allegedly attempted to set off a nail bomb at a Christmas market in the southern city of Ludwigshafen, officials said...

Police have arrested a key adviser to the Rome mayor in a corruption investigation, dealing yet another blow to the 5-Star Movement's highest-profile office-holder. Raffaele Marra, the head of...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press....

The leaders of 27 European Union countries on Thursday rebuffed a bid by the EU legislature for a much bigger role in talks on Britain's exit from the bloc, an argument that detracted from efforts to...

The Pope has endorsed Donald Trump for president. A Washington, DC, pizzeria is a front for a child sex abuse ring. George Soros will "bring down" the U.S. by funding "black hate...

Facebook is taking new measures to curb the spread of fake news on its huge and influential social network, focusing on the "worst of the worst" offenders and partnering with outside fact-checkers to...