Libya's foreign minister on Wednesday demanded that the U.N. Security Council lift an arms embargo so his country can fight the Islamic State group as it establishes a presence in north Africa and...

An alien star passed through our Solar System just 70,000 years ago, astronomers have announced. No other star is known to have approached this close to us. An international team of...

Israel on Wednesday unveiled the largest collection of medieval gold coins ever found in the country, accidentally discovered by amateur divers and dating back about a thousand years. The find...

The Vatican did something it has never done before by giving a group of U.S. gay and lesbian Catholics VIP seats at Pope Francis' weekly general audience. But in a sign that the welcome wasn't...

The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Cologne has published accounts showing the full extent of its wealth for the first time. Documents posted on its website Wednesday show Germany's richest...

The European Union has launched a drive to combat tax evasion following a series of probes into tax rules that allows multinationals to slash their bills in Luxembourg, Ireland and the...

The chief political commentator for The Daily Telegraph has resigned over the British newspaper's coverage of the HSBC scandal, alleging Wednesday it was part of an effort to downplay critical...

In recent months, the stage seemed set for American consumers to do what they've traditionally done best: Spend money — and drive the economy. The lowest gas prices in five years had given...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says Ukraine has pulled most of its troops out of Debaltseve. Poroshenko said in comments on his official Twitter account that the Ukrainiam army has...

A group of Chelsea fans have been filmed preventing a black man from boarding a subway train in France before the team's Champions League game at Paris Saint-Germain. After twice pushing the man...