Lawmakers from two parties backing Greece's coalition government are meeting to consider support for legislation containing new austerity measures in the wake of six resignations from the cabinet and the withdrawal of a small right-wing party from t...

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's history of making incendiary comments on Michigan issues could open up debate in the run-up to Michigan's Feb. 28 primary.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has told lawmakers to back a deeply unpopular international financial rescue in a vote Sunday or condemn the country to "uncontrolled economic chaos and social explosion." He made the statement...

Spanish authorities have captured a man wanted in connection with the 2003 assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin received a sample of water taken from a gigantic freshwater lake beneath Antarctica's ice that has been the focus of a major scientific effort.

When 5,700 fifth-grade boys in Dallas' public schools recently went to see a movie about black fighter pilots in World War II, the girls stayed in school and saw a different movie instead. One of the pilots is among those asking why. A spokesman for ...

Satellite image provider DigitalGlobe Inc. has released photos that it says show Syrian army tanks and other armored vehicles in the city of Homs., Satellite image provider DigitalGlobe Inc. has released photos that it says show Syrian army tanks a...

Iran will soon unveil "big new" nuclear achievements, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday while reiterating Tehran's readiness to revive talks with the West over the country's controversial nuclear program.

Gov. Martin O'Malley says he wants lawmakers to pass a bill that would legalize gay marriage in order to provide children with stable homes.