ATHENS- Greek authorities will speed up plans to build a new mosque in Athens to satisfy a long-standing demand by Muslim residents that has sparked tension in recent months, a report said on...
HELSINKI- Some of the world's wealthiest nations, including the United States, are allowing their most vulnerable children to fall behind, the UN children's agency said Friday.
Greece, Italy, and...
LONDON- A British minister declared the "war on Christmas" over Saturday, urging local authorities to stop avoiding the festival's Christian basis.
"We should actively celebrate the Christian...
MADRID- After billions of years the Sun finally has an owner -- a woman from Spain's soggy region of Galicia said Friday she had registered the star at a local notary public as being her property....
PARIS- Decades after fighting for the right to wear trousers, all French women were on Thursday called on to perform the "militant act" of wearing a skirt to protest violence against women.
At...
BERLIN- Germany's interior minister, Thomas de Maiziere, warned Monday against blanket suspicion of Muslims in the wake of fresh terror warnings in the country.
Speaking at the annual congress of...
BARCELONA, Marcelo Aparicio - Pope Benedict XVI will be caught with his trousers down, competing with cartoon character SpongeBob and football star Leo Messi this year in a centuries-old Christmas...
LONDON, Robin Millard- The marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton is likely to give Britain a much-needed shot in the arm as austerity measures aimed at reining in its huge deficit begin to...
NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith- He says he was victim of a palace plot. They say they were just faithful servants. The tabloids say it's New York's trial of the year.
Prince Jefri Bolkiah, brother of...
BUENOS AIRES, Oscar Laski- Most weekdays, Alejandro Langer's modest home looks like most others, with a neat arrangement of family photos adorning the living room walls and his daughter's toys strewn...