Workers for South African electricity giant Eskom are threatening to strike next week over wage demands—while the World ...

Almost $540 billion in the emergency loans, provided by the European Central Bank, will expire Thursday.

French oil company, Total, said Monday it has stopped bringing oil products to Iran, safeguarding business with the ...

2 million French workers took to streets to protest government plans to raise the country's retirement age.

Massive strikes across France against the government's plan to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 to ...

Amnesty International (AI) published a report on Wednesday detailing continued human rights abuses in Libya.

The Netherlands will commit a submarine to the battle against piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the ...

Peru is on its way to becoming the world's biggest producer of coca, the raw material for cocaine.

Police broke up a demonstration concerning low pay for World Cup employees.

At least 18 miners were killed, and dozens are still missing after an explosion in a Colombian coal ...

Kenya and Seychelles will receive $9.3 million in donations to improve their criminal justice system.

Exceptionally heavy rains caused flash floods and landslides resulting in 19 deaths as of Wednesday night.

South African police raided a school hostel in Pretoria housing 165 Argentine soccer fans.

Greece and the European Union objected this week to the downgrade of Greece's credit rating to “junk” status.

Only three days after the start of 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the Federation Internationale de Football ...

A power failure during the World Cup soccer led to a riot, not in South Africa, but some ...

The Peruvian Justice Department has officially charged Joran van der Sloot with robbery and murder.

The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will not affect relations between the United Kingdom and ...

Two out of every three French voters would adopt Wallonie, the French speaking part of northern neighbor Belgium.

A large group of youth in the Rinkeby district in the Swedish capital, Stockholm began a riot on ...

An unnamed FBI official told CBS news on Wednesday, they intend to arrest Joran van der Sloot for ...

The government of Libya advised U.N.'s refugee agency to stop activities and close its office in Libya.

A lost circus elephant named "Sabu" spent her evening Sunday strolling the streets of Zurich, Switzerland.

Joran van der Sloot, arrested for the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Ramirez Flores in Lima Peru, has now ...

Chilean police arrested Dutch national Joran van der Sloot while on his way to the coastal city of ...

The crew of a Libyan owned cargo vessel hijacked by Somali pirates managed to regain control of their ...

In his last act as president of Germany, Horst Koehler announced his resignation in a teary televised conference.