European stocks fell on Monday after euro zone business activity data showed growth slowing, with France a notable laggard, in contrast with upbeat numbers from China that lifted Asian shares and the Australian dollar. Brent crude oil prices rose towards a ...

Iraqi forces were massing north of Baghdad on Friday, aiming to strike back at Sunni Islamists whose drive toward the capital prompted the United States to send military advisers to stiffen government resistance. U.S. President Barack Obama offered up to 300 ...

Spain's new king, Felipe VI, was sworn in on Thursday in a relatively modest ceremony which monarchists hope will usher in a new era of popularity for the troubled royal household. Felipe became king after his father, Juan Carlos, abdicated earlier this ...

Nobody likes to admit it. Not in the soccer world, especially not in the specific Euro-centric arena where people sneer at even the word “soccer.” It's football, futebol and whatever you're saying yourself that isn't “soccer.” What nobody likes to admit is this: Team ...

Based on Sunday's flat and often-plodding display in a 2-1 win against Bosnia-Herzegovina, it doesn't seem plausible. And yet, and yet … the potential is totally there. The country is quietly confident it can and will.

Based on Sunday's flat and often-plodding display in a 2-1 win against Bosnia-Herzegovina, it doesn't seem plausible. And yet, and yet … the potential is totally there. The country is quietly confident it can and will.

Based on Sunday's flat and often-plodding display in a 2-1 win against Bosnia-Herzegovina, it doesn't seem plausible. And yet, and yet … the potential is totally there. The country is quietly confident it can and will.

Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd unveiled its first U.S. direct-to-consumer online shop, “inspired by the local Main Street shopping experience.” The website, 11main.com, which is currently in beta, will feature a wide range of products ...

The use of sexual violence in war is one of the great injustices of our lifetime. It is hard to document, let alone investigate. Perpetrators do not discriminate, because it's not about sex, but violence, terror, power and control. When rape is committed during ...

The use of sexual violence in war is one of the great injustices of our lifetime. It is hard to document, let alone investigate. Perpetrators do not discriminate, because it's not about sex, but violence, terror, power and control. When rape is committed during ...

Suspected members of the Boko Haram Islamist group, which kidnapped 276 schoolgirls last month, gunned down a traditional Muslim emir in an attack on a convoy in northeastern Nigeria on Friday, the Borno state government said. The Emir of Gwoza, ...

Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal improved his French Open record to 61-1 after beating big-hitting Dominic Thiem of Austria 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday. The Spaniard's only defeat at Roland Garros was in the fourth round against Robin Soderling five years ...

Secretary of State John Kerry called National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden a fugitive and challenged him to “man up and come back to the United States.” Snowden says in an interview that he would like to go home. The former NSA contract ...

U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he planned to withdraw the last combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2016, declaring “it's time to turn the page on a decade in which so much of our foreign policy was focused on the wars in ...

The State Department on Tuesday told U.S. citizens in Libya to leave the country immediately, warning that the security situation remained “unpredictable and unstable.” “The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to Libya and recommends ...

The State Department on Tuesday told U.S. citizens in Libya to leave the country immediately, warning that the security situation remained “unpredictable and unstable.” “The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to Libya and recommends ...

The State Department on Tuesday told U.S. citizens in Libya to leave the country immediately, warning that the security situation remained “unpredictable and unstable.” “The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to Libya and recommends ...

The State Department on Tuesday told U.S. citizens in Libya to leave the country immediately, warning that the security situation remained “unpredictable and unstable.” “The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to Libya and recommends ...

The State Department on Tuesday told U.S. citizens in Libya to leave the country immediately, warning that the security situation remained “unpredictable and unstable.” “The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to Libya and recommends ...

Armed troops detained a Thai cabinet minister who defiantly emerged from hiding on Tuesday to condemn last week's military coup and urge a return to civilian rule, in the first public appearance by any member of the ousted government. About half a dozen ...