Greek authorities say they have rescued a total 1,624 refugees and economic migrants who entered the country in dozens of frail boats from neighboring Turkey over the past three days. The...

CONGRESS-REPUBLICANS WASHINGTON — Hardline Republican lawmakers say they could support Rep. Paul Ryan for House speaker, opening a potential bridge between bitterly divided factions within...

Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes advanced against insurgents in the center of the country as President Vladimir Putin defended Moscow's intervention in the conflict, saying it...

Scuffles broke out Sunday in the Turkish capital as police used tear gas to prevent pro-Kurdish politicians and other mourners from laying carnations at the site of two suspected suicide bombings that...

Germany will not have to raise taxes to help pay for the hundreds of thousands of refugees and other migrants who have been flooding into the country, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an...

Two teenage girls carried out suicide bombings in a northern Cameroon village on Sunday, killing at least 9 and wounding 29 others, the country's government spokesman said, blaming Nigeria's Islamic...

Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes advanced against insurgents in the center of the country as President Vladimir Putin defended Moscow's intervention in the conflict, saying it would aid...

Iraq's air force says it struck a convoy carrying Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group. A statement Sunday said "the Iraqi air force carried out a heroic...

UNITED NATIONS-CUBA-EMBARGO UNITED NATIONS — The latest draft United Nations resolution urging the United States to end its economic embargo on Cuba has appeared — and it points out...

Nearly simultaneous explosions targeted a Turkish peace rally Saturday in Ankara, killing at least 95 people and wounding hundreds in Turkey's deadliest attack in years — one that threatens to...