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Hyundai executive: Europe needs to close plants
A Hyundai executive says it's unclear what will happen in the European car market this year because manufacturers still haven't gotten a handle on ...
Zetsche sees European sales pick up later in 2013
Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche remains confident that European auto sales will pick up in the second half of the year despite a slow start. Zetsche says ...
Ford expects some Europe market recovery in 2013
Ford Europe CEO Stephen Odell says the uncertain Italian election results "possibly didn't help" the European car market but he still expects some ...
Toyota Europe seeks profits through efficiency
Toyota Europe will post for the first time in five years a profit from just its car business for the 2012 fiscal year thanks to cost-cutting and ...
Volkswagen's Golf named Europe's Car of the Year
The Volkswagen Golf has been named Europe's Car of the Year by automotive journalists from more than 20 countries. Introduced in 1974 and recently ...
European carmakers to get serious at Geneva show
The Geneva Motor Show has long had a reputation as one of the glitziest stops on the global auto show circuit — the place to unveil luxury models and ...
Iran opposition group urges more security in Iraq
An Iranian opposition group urged the U.N. refugee agency Wednesday to provide better protection for its members in Iraq following a mortar attack on ...
UN chief heads to Ethiopia, UAE and Europe
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading to Ethiopia to attend the signing of a peace agreement in Congo and will then visit the United Arab ...
Ford launching Tourneo minivan at Geneva show
Ford Motor Company says it will launch its new Tourneo Courier minivan at this year's Geneva Motor Show. The company said Friday in a statement that ...
Missile strike in northern Syria kills 33
A Syrian missile strike leveled a block of buildings in an impoverished district of Aleppo on Tuesday, killing at least 33 people, almost half of them ...
UN refugee agency says 5,000 fleeing Syria daily
The U.N. refugee agency says there has been a huge increase in the number of people fleeing Syria, with 5,000 refugees crossing the borders daily into ...
Correction: UN-Syria-Aid story
In a story Feb. 5 about Syria's humanitarian crisis, The Associated Press reported that a World Health Organization official said she was told by the ...
UN report urges human rights probe of North Korea
The U.N. investigator for human rights in North Korea urged the world body Tuesday to open an inquiry into the secretive Asian nation for possible ...
Argentina, France, Serbia make Davis Cup quarters
Argentina and France won with a day to spare on Saturday to set up a Davis Cup quarterfinal in April. Serbia also led its first-round tie by an ...
UN says 210K kids need help in Syria's Homs
The U.N. children's agency says 420,000 people — half of them children — need immediate help in Syria's western governorate of Homs.
Swiss team: Federer 'not finished' with Davis Cup
Roger Federer might play in the Davis Cup again although he won't represent Switzerland before the U.S. Open in September, team captain Severin Luethi ...
Israel is a no-show at its UN human rights review
Israel became the first nation to skip a U.N. review of its human rights record without giving a reason — and then won a precedent-setting deferral ...
Syrian FM calls on rebels to disarm and negotiate
Syria's foreign minister invited the country's rebels on Saturday to lay down their weapons and take part in a national dialogue, saying everyone who ...
More than 140 nations adopt treaty to cut mercury
A new and legally binding international treaty to reduce harmful emissions of mercury was adopted Saturday by more than 140 nations, capping four ...
European leaders headlining annual forum in Davos
Promoting measures to get the global economy out of its crisis mode will be the focal point of next week's annual gathering of world leaders and power ...