Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones
President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror ...
Obama to speak on legality of drone program
President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech ...
Fitch upgrades Greece's credit rating
Debt-hobbled Greece got a new morale boost Tuesday, with Fitch ratings agency upgrading its sovereign credit grade, a day after the country's European ...
Germany pulls plug on drone procurement program
An official says Germany has canceled plans to purchase and modify U.S.-made Global Hawk surveillance drones for 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion).
Euro ministers urge troubled Slovenia to act
European finance ministers on Monday urged Slovenia to move swiftly in addressing the problems in its banking sector and get its public finances under ...
Greek anti-austerity strike threatens school exams
A union representing teachers at Greek state high schools on Friday called a series of strikes to start next week over new austerity cuts, in action ...
UK gov't agenda focuses on immigration, economy
The message was one of thrift and austerity, but the messenger was opulence incarnate. Britain's Conservative-led government on Wednesday announced ...
In Pakistan town, men have spoken: No women vote
For decades, not a single woman in this dusty Pakistani village surrounded by wheat fields and orange trees has voted. And they aren't likely to in ...
Armstrong case could hinge on USPS benefit
Lance Armstrong is facing the federal government in a legal fight with tens of millions of dollars at stake, and a loss could bankrupt the cyclist who ...
Syrian prime minister escapes bombing in Damascus
Syria's prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in the heart of the heavily defended capital Monday, state media said, laying bare ...
EU to extend loan repayments for Ireland, Portugal
European Union finance ministers agreed Friday to grant Ireland and Portugal seven years more years to pay their bailout loans, easing the burden on ...
Albania to put trash import plan to referendum
Albania pledged Tuesday to hold a historic referendum on whether to scrap waste imports, a money-making program strongly opposed by environmentalists ...
German migrant program offers cautions for US
In gritty backstreets of Berlin and other major German cities, housewives wearing head scarves shop for lamb and grape leaves. Old men pass the time ...
Art world shivers at sale of Henry Moore statue
The massive bronze sculpture is formally known as "Draped Seated Woman," a Henry Moore creation that evoked Londoners huddled in air raid shelters ...
US aids Honduran police despite death squad fears
The U.S. State Department, which spends millions of taxpayer dollars a year on the Honduran National Police, has assured Congress that money only goes ...
US canceling key part of European missile defense
The Obama administration announced Friday that it is abandoning a key part of its European missile defense plan: an interceptor that had been strongly ...
Survey: Many conflicted on gov't spending cuts
As President Barack Obama and lawmakers spar over huge federal deficits, they're confronted by a classic contradiction: Most Americans want government ...
Hugo Chavez, fiery Venezuelan leader, dies at 58
President Hugo Chavez was a former paratroop commander and self-styled "subversive" who waged continual battle for his socialist ideals. He bedeviled ...
Victims of Kenya's last election still in limbo
Alex Ndungu is the latest victim of the harsh mountain winds that blow through the rows of straw huts in Gwa Kungu, a village where those displaced ...
French president visits Athens amid media blackout
French President Francois Hollande pledged investments in Greece's ailing economy during a brief visit on Tuesday, seen as a show of support for the ...
ECB's Draghi: Spain is 'on the right track'
Spain has succeeded in stabilizing a banking system that almost collapsed last year and is well-positioned for better economic times going forward, ...
Attackers kill 3 North Korean doctors in Nigeria
Assailants in northeastern Nigeria killed three North Korean doctors, beheading one of the physicians, in the latest attack on health workers in a ...
Menendez says he called gov't in way to help donor
Sen. Robert Menendez acknowledged Thursday that his office contacted U.S. health agencies in a way that would help the biggest political donor to his ...
Pakistan tries new way of tackling corruption
Corruption is so pervasive in Pakistan that even Osama bin Laden had to pay a bribe to build his hideout in the northwest where he was killed by U.S.
Judge lets NYPD resume suspicion-less stops
A federal judge let the New York Police Department on Tuesday temporarily resume stop-and-frisk stops she believes are unconstitutional while she ...
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