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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won't say what his plans are when his term expires next year, but he won't be running for another office.
The European Union has battled long and hard for this moment: the imminent choice of its first president.
From his upstairs office, Jerome Frantz can hear the delivery trucks as they rumble into the yard of the auto parts business his grandfather founded 90 years ago.
Pope Benedict XVI has urged Europeans to defend their continent's religious and cultural heritage.
For the first time since World War I, the leaders of Germany and France held a joint ceremony on Wednesday to commemorate the end of the conflict, saying it is now time to celebrate their countries' reconciliation and friendship.
In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it.
Winners of the 16th annual MTV Europe Music Awards, presented Thursday:
Irish rockers U2 returned to Berlin for a free mini-concert Thursday in front of the Brandenburg Gate, playing its classic singles and a duet with Jay-Z even as the show was obscured from public view by a nearly 6-1/2-foot (two-meter) high metal barrier.
The head of the European Central Bank on Thursday hinted it could begin withdrawing some of its crisis measures soon, while the Bank of England pumped more money into the economy in an attempt to get Britain out of recession.
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a sharp generational schism has formed in how people in Europe's former communist countries view the shift to democracy and capitalism, a survey has found.
Vice President Joe Biden made significant strides during a trip to Central Europe this week in relieving anxieties the Obama administration stirred up last month when it scrapped a Bush-era plan for missile defense.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Poland on the highest-level visit yet by the Obama administration to the country — a gesture Poles view as Washington's attempt to repair the damage done by its handling of missile defense plans.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Poland late Tuesday on the highest-level visit yet by the Obama administration to the country — a gesture Poles view as Washington's attempt to repair damage done by its handling of missile defense plans.
For four decades, the communist regimes of Eastern Europe seemed unshakeable. Yet when the end came, it unfolded with stunning speed:
The International Monetary Fund is facing key political crunch points in its dealings across Eastern Europe even though it has done much to lose its previous reputation as an advocate of austerity.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday challenged Russians to open up their political system, embrace diversity and scorn Cold War-era thinking.
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe said Monday he's cautiously optimistic that his recent eight-day trip to Europe will draw new industries to the state, including suppliers for a wind-energy firm.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged the rival leaders of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government Monday to keep making their awkward coalition work for the sake of lasting peace.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday the Taliban siege of Pakistan's army headquarters showed extremists are a growing threat in the nuclear-armed American ally, but she contended they don't pose a risk to the country's atomic arsenal.
An audacious Taliban attack on Pakistan's army headquarters shows there is a growing terrorist threat to the nuclear-armed U.S. ally, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday.
The Irish finally said yes, and the Poles did Saturday, but the EU reform treaty still has a huge hurdle to clear. A "no" from the lone holdout — Czech President Vaclav Klaus — could cripple plans to transform Europe into a global player.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton departed for Europe late Friday on a five day trip in which Iran, Afghanistan and arms control are expected to be subjects of discussion.
The European Central Bank on Thursday left its key interest rate unchanged at a record low of 1 percent and indicated it wouldn't raise it in the near future — even as bank president Jean-Claude Trichet said the worst of the recession has passed.
Debate grows over Swiss ban on minaretsA top Swiss official said that voter approval of a ban on minarets next to mosques could be struck down in court, as critics at home and abroad swiftly condemned the vote.
Ex-autoworker goes on trial for 27,900 deathsJohn Demjanjuk goes on trial on charges of being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at a Nazi camp, the final chapter of 30 years of efforts to prosecute the retired autoworker.
Outgoing IAEA chief leaves complex legacyMohamed ElBaradei, the outgoing chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is leaving behind a turbulent 12-year legacy as the public face of world diplomacy.
Romanian opposition says president hit boy in faceRomania's government has collapsed and its economy is in shambles but its presidential campaign has been dominated in recent days by a video that appears to show the president striking a 10-year-old boy in the face.
Lawyer: Alleged killer Knox 'naive, imprudent'A lawyer for the ex-boyfriend of Amanda Knox painted the U.S. coed as naive, spontaneous and imprudent as she argued that both Knox and her lover were innocent of murder.
Finland marks 70th anniversary of Winter WarFinns on Monday marked the 70th anniversary of the Winter War, a conflict that saw this tiny country hold off Stalin's Red Army for 105 days and suffer one-third as many casualties in weather that was so cold some soldiers hallucinated.
Royal Society celebrates 350 years of discoverySometimes, history's turning points come in blood and gunfire, and sometimes in pen and ink.
Czech: Iraq planned attack on Radio Free EuropeThe Czech Republic's counterintelligence service says the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime was planning to use an anti-tank rocket to attack the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague.
We must get ready for a weak-dollar worldThis is about as simple and straightforward an analysis as I have seen. And brutal.
Greece can expect no gifts from EuropeKeeping the Euro strong, despite the prodigality of some countries... I suppose that the Fed has the same sort of problem, with different states maintaining different budget strategies.
Rebuff for EU in push for strong renminbiThe Chinese are imperturbable. The Euro is at $ 1,499 this morning.
Russian patriarch seeks "powerful reply" to train bombThe head of Russia's Orthodox Church Sunday called on authorities to give a "powerful reply" to the people behind a train bombing that killed 25 people, as police probed whether Islamist rebels were involved.
Saddam ordered Radio Free Europe attack in PragueSaddam Hussein ordered his secret agents to attack the Prague headquarters of U.S. run Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to end broadcasting to Iraq, a Czech intelligence service spokesman said Sunday.
Russia drafts "post-Cold War" security pactRussia on Sunday published its proposal for a new Euro-Atlantic security treaty that would restrict its ability to use military force unilaterally if the United States and its European allies agreed to do the same.
Russians mourn train bombing victimsRelatives begin the grim process of identifying loved ones killed in the wreck of an express train that Russian authorities say was blown off the tracks by a terrorist bomb.
Swiss Voters Projected to Back Minaret BanGENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss voters have approved a right-wing-backed proposal to ban construction of new minarets, initial projections showed on Sunday, a surprise result that could damage Switzerland's economic ties with Muslim states.
Projection: Swiss vote to ban new minaretsSwiss voters approved a move to ban the construction of minarets in a Sunday vote on a right-wing initiative that labeled the mosque towers as symbols of militant Islam, projections by a widely respected polling institute showed.
Swiss vote on referendum to ban new minaretsSwiss voters are deciding in a referendum Sunday whether to accept a ban on the construction of minarets, which right-wing parties regard as symbols of militant Islam.
Q A: Who is to blame for Russian train disaster?A bomb caused the derailment of a Russian high-speed train that killed dozens and injured 100 others, officials said on Saturday, raising fears of a new bombing campaign targeting the Russian heartland.
Knox's parents investigated for defamationThe parents of American student Amanda Knox are being investigated for alleged defamation for saying Italian police abused their daughter before arresting her in 2007.
Beijing Slams Europe Emissions Effort "Europe made a lot of commitments. But if you compare those commitments to actions, there is a big disparity," China's special envoy on climate change, Yu Qingtai, told reporters Wednesday.
Poland agrees rules for hosting U.S. armed forcesPoland and the United States have agreed the legal details of deploying U.S. troops in Poland after lengthy negotiations, Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Komorowski said on Friday.
Lenin statue vandalized in KievUkrainian nationalists hurled red paint at a restored monument to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin moments after it was unveiled Friday, sparking a street brawl and revealing the bitter divisions over the legacy of communism in Ukraine.
At least 22 die in Russian train crashTwenty-two people were killed and dozens more injured in a Russian train crash on Friday, Russian news agencies said, and one source suggested it could have been caused by a bomb.
U.S. was 'hell bent' on Iraq war, U.K. envoy saysThe United States was "hell bent" on a 2003 military invasion of Iraq and actively undermined efforts by Britain, a former British diplomat told an inquiry Friday.
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