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Intense blasts echoed through the ravaged Syrian city of Homs on Monday after a weekend bloodbath ended in hundreds of deaths there, local activists said.

A closed-door hearing to determine whether the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship should remain under house arrest is set for Monday.

Tuareg tribesman who reportedly fought for Moammar Gadhafi in Libya have returned to Mali with weapons, stoking violence and forcing thousands to flee, Mali's president...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a joint cabinet session with President Nicolas Sarkozy, 80 days before French voters go to the polls.

Party leaders in Greece resume crisis talks on new austerity measures demanded by EU leaders in return for funds needed to avoid defaulting on its...

Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc steps down to "defuse political and social tension" after a series of austerity protests.

Swiss cheese exports held firm in 2011 with smaller, speciality brands driving demand despite the strong Swiss franc, figures out Monday showed.

After a sluggish start,...

The Norway gunman who killed 77 people in twin attacks in July asked an Oslo court on Monday to release him immediately, saying his massacre...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the central Philippines on Monday, killing at least 43 people and causing widespread panic, officials said.

The powerful...

A Swiss prosecutor has launched a probe into Turkish EU Minister Egemen Bağış for saying "the Armenian genocide doesn't exist," Hürriyet reported.

China today denied US accusations it was protecting the Syrian regime, after drawing international criticism for vetoing a UN resolution condemning a deadly crackdown on...

An Iranian government-affiliated agency has banned dolls ...

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