BERLIN — Germany has asked the CIA station chief in the country to leave the country, an unusual action among allies that is a very public expression of anger over reported cases of U.S. spying in the country. “The representative of the U.S. intelligence ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — Belgium coach Marc Wilmots and his players will return home from Brazil with a sense of unfulfilled promise, despite reaching the quarterfinals of the team's first World Cup for a dozen years. The expectation was always that Belgium's ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — Belgium coach Marc Wilmots and his players will return home from Brazil with a sense of unfulfilled promise, despite reaching the quarterfinals of the team's first World Cup for a dozen years. The expectation was always that Belgium's ...

After three weeks of upsets, last-minute goals and unbelievable saves, the World Cup soccer competition is down to eight teams. Unfortunately, the United States is not one of the final eight. After making its way through group play, the U.S. team lost a ...

BERLIN — Foreign ministers from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed Wednesday on a series of steps for a resumption of the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, where fighting between government troops and pro-Russian separatists has taken more ...

WASHINGTON — The White House says the death of a Palestinian teenager is a “heinous murder” and is calling on the perpetrators to be brought to justice. In a series of posts on Twitter, National Security Adviser Susan Rice says the U.S. is paying close ...

RIDGELAND, Miss. — Police in Mississippi say a tea party official arrested after photos were taken of U.S. Sen Thad Cochran's ill wife has been found dead. They are treating the case as a suicide. Ridgeland Police Chief Jimmy Houston says the body of ...

BAGHDAD — Iraq's leading Shiite politicians, divided over who should steer the country, wrangled over their nomination for prime minister as evidence emerged Friday that Islamist insurgents executed at least 160 captives earlier this month as part of their ...

It's hard to cheer too enthusiastically for a draw and even harder to pull for Cristiano Ronaldo, but the World Cup imposes curious burdens on the enthusiastic fan. America didn't manage a draw today but, let's say, perfectly gauged its 1-0 defeat to Germany to ...

Crash. Shatter. Boom. Crash. Shatter. Boom. Smattering of silly dialogue. Pretty girl screams: “Dad!” Crash. Shatter. Boom. Silly dialogue. “DAD!!!” Crash. Shatter. Boom. What? Oh, sorry. We were falling into a trance there. Which is, dear moviegoer, what may ...

SYDNEY — Australian official says confident missing Malaysian plane was flying on autopilot. Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Share on FacebookShare ...

SYDNEY — Australian official says confident missing Malaysian plane was flying on autopilot. Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Share on FacebookShare ...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Argentina beat Nigeria 3-2 in the last World Cup Group F match on Wednesday, with Lionel Messi and Ahmed Musa scoring two goals each before Marcos Rojo kneed in the winner. Argentina topped the group and Nigeria also ...

SAO PAULO — South Korea's coach says part of the beauty of football is that the best team doesn't always win, and that's what he is hoping for against heavily favored Belgium. The team is last in Group H with one point and has only the slightest of chances of ...

LONDON — After months of courtroom drama comes phone hacking, the play. Britain's National Theatre said its next production will be “an anarchic satire about the press, the police and the political establishment” titled “Great Britain.” The company says the ...

FORTALEZA, Brazil — Didier Drogba is starting for the Ivory Coast in their final group game against Greece, while Yaya and Kolo Toure were also included despite the recent death of their brother Ibrahim. Drogba came on as a second-half substitute in the ...

A special master was appointed Monday to preside over negotiations between Argentina representatives and U.S. bondholders aimed at ending a long battle over $1.5 billion in debts. U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa in Manhattan appointed Daniel A.

Ecuador's Walter Ayovi, right, celebrates with opening goal scorer Enner Valencia during the group E World Cup soccer match between Switzerland and Ecuador at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, June 15, 2014. (Michael Sohn/Associated ...

The Obama administration has begun to consider the conflicts in Syria and Iraq as a single challenge with an al-Qaeda-inspired insurgency threatening the governments of both countries and the region's broader stability, according to senior administration ...

JERUSALEM — As Israel searches for three teenagers it says were kidnapped by Hamas, Israeli security forces are pursuing a parallel campaign to cripple the Islamist militant movement in the West Bank. In the past four nights, Israeli troops have conducted ...