German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ruled out cancelling any of Greece's debt, saying banks and creditors have already made substantial cuts. But Mrs Merkel told the Die Welt newspaper she still...

A new Vatican outreach initiative to listen to women hit a sour note before it even got off the ground: The sexy blonde on its Internet promo video came under such ridicule that it was quickly taken...

With almost 300 of the 1009 votes counted, Sergio Mattarella has already obtained 294 votes, getting very near to the required minimum of 505 votes. After two days keeping away from public...

RUSSIA-ECONOMY MOSCOW — In a surprise decision, Russia's central bank on Friday cut its key interest rate, which it had hiked in previous months to support the collapsing ruble, in order to...

Images or mentions of knives, ransom or blood — or anything else that can be seen alluding to the hostage crisis involving two Japanese in Syria — have been cut out. Some anime and other...

Bill Cosby's stand-up tour has stopped in northern Ohio, where it drew several protesters before the show. The comedian himself received standing ovations before and after his performance. Police...

There was some sort of an explosion at Mitiga airport in the early hours of this morning leading to the destruction of at least one old Ilyushin cargo plane, one Libyan Airlines and two other planes,...

British MPs are to debate the controversial issue of mitochondrial donation in the Commons next week. A change in the law could allow IVF babies to be born with the DNA from three different...

Germany bluntly rejected on Friday suggestions that Greece should be forgiven repayment of its rescue loans, while a top eurozone official said there was no decision yet on what to do after the...

Italian Premier Matteo Renzi's candidate in this week's presidential election could cost him backing for his reform agenda. Lawmakers were voting in Parliament Friday, a day after a first round...