European regulators have asked Internet search giant Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy, scheduled for March 1.

Google has planned to combine the 60 different privacy policies...

Seven-time Tour De France winner Lance Armstrong has been cleared of doping allegations, concluding a nearly two-year long inquiry.

The prosecutors decided to drop the doping charge against...

BEIJING - China, the holder of one of the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, has indicated it may get "more deeply involved" in resolving the European Union debt crisis.

This was stated...

LONDON - The eurozone's service sector has shown some growth, marginal though, for the first time in four months, raising expectations that a recession could be kept at bay.

The Markit eurozone...

BRUSSELS - Several countries in Europe are facing gas supply crunch with severe cold weather driving up demand and drop in Russian supplies via Kiev, raising fears of a repeat of the 2009...

The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled today that Italy has violated its obligation to respect Germany's immunity under international law by allowing civil claims seeking...

AMSTERDAM - The International Court of Justice has ordered Italy to annul all compensation claims against Germany for Nazi war crimes, saying Rome had breached international laws when its courts...

Manchester City FC moved three points clear at the top of the Premier League thanks to a 3-0 defeat of Fulham FC after Arsenal FC resumed winning ways with a 7-1 rout of Blackburn Rovers...

Borussia Dortmund hold a two-point lead at the Bundesliga summit after title rivals FC Bayern Mnchen and FC Schalke 04 both drew and VfL Borussia Mnchengladbach also...

MUNICH, Germany (AFP) - The United States sought Saturday to reassure old European allies of its continued support despite a strategic shift to Asia, amid warnings the EU could be sidelined by its...

Real Madrid's players celebrate after scoring against Getafe during their Spanish First Division soccer match at Colisseum Alfonso Perez stadium in Getafe February 4,...

From left, French representative Gerard Araud, British representative Mark Lyall Grant and U.S. representative Susan Rice confer before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at United...

World Cup finalists France handed new coach Philippe Saint-Andre a winning start in the Six Nations with a 30-12 victory over Italy at a freezing Stade de France on...

China and Russia on Saturday vetoed a United Nations attempt to push Syrian President Bashar al-Assad out of power, in a setback for President Barack Obama and other western leaders attempting to...

LONDON -; Demonstrators have stormed six Syrian embassies in Europe and the Middle East after Syrian forces reportedly killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs. British police used batons...

ROME: An Italian man on Saturday threw his 16-month-old son off a bridge into the river in Rome in a fit of rage following a custody row, and was arrested by police as he fled, reports said.The...

Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Greece’s seven-month effort to win a second bailout from international creditors teetered in the balance as negotiations in Athens failed to clinch an...

Syrian Arab Republic Russia and China have joined forces in a double veto to knock down a UN Security Council resolution calling for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step aside.The other 13...

Russian gas exporter Gazprom said it was unable to meet increased European demand as it battles its own deep freeze, and had reduced supplies "for a few days" before returning them to...

MUNICH (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reassured European allies Saturday that Washington remains committed to their security despite an austerity drive, as NATO pushed for new ways...

A sometimes lethal cold snap in Europe has put strain on natural gas supplies, an EU spokesperson said. With temperatures in some regions as low as minus 35 degrees Celsius, "I can confirm that...

Russia and China joined forces in a double veto on Saturday to knock down a Western-Arab U.N. Security Council resolution backing an Arab League plan for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step...

A man holds a portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a picket to support him outside the Syrian Embassy in Moscow, on February 1, 2012 . Western powers and the Arab League demanded today...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Saturday defended Russia's arms trade with Syria. "We've explained the facts: No matter what we supply to other countries in the region, this...

Russia and China blocked a U.N. resolution Saturday condemning the Syrian crackdown amid reports more than 200 dissidents had been killed in Homs. The two veto powers said the Security Council...

Russian gas exporter Gazprom said it was unable to meet increased European demand as it battles its own deep freeze, and had reduced supplies "for a few days" before returning them to...

Greece -- Greece's finance minister said negotiations for the bailout deal his country needs to avoid defaulting on its debts must be completed by late Sunday, but that a breakthrough is being...

Portugal’s Jose Filipe Moraes Cabral, left, and South Africa’s Baso Sangqu, right, vote in support of a resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down. Between them...

France , Paris, on the afternoon of Saturday 4th February 2012. France go into the match as strong favourites, not just for the match, but also for the 6 Nations tournament, as their World Cup 2011...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia's government declared a state of emergency in its capital on Saturday after Sarajevo was paralyzed by snow, and hundreds of people remained...

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Russia's capital Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's grip on power. But supporters of Mr Putin, who will stand in...

Freezing weather has hit transport hubs across Europe, closing airports, blocking roads and halting trains. Bosnian officials have declared a state of emergency in Sarajevo, where snow has paralysed...

MOSCOW -- Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova won their opening singles matches Saturday to give Russia a commanding 2-0 lead over Spain in their Fed Cup first-round series. Sharapova routed...

Spain's opposition Socialist party elected Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba as its secretary general on Saturday, replacing former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero as party...

Russia 's protest movement had run out of steam, or that bone-chilling winter cold would keep them away, tens of thousands of people converged on...

ATHENS - The Greek finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos, said on Saturday that talks between the government and its foreign creditors on a second rescue deal were "on a razor's edge," adding that...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China have vetoed a Security Council resolution backing an Arab League peace plan that calls for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down.The other 13 council...

Hillary Rodham Clinton, US secretary of state addresses the media in response to the Syrian massacres of last night during day 2 of the 48th Munich Security Conference at Hotel Bayerischer Hof on...

Russia and China have vetoed a Security Council resolution backing an Arab League peace plan that calls for Syrian president Bashar Assad to step down. The other 13 council members, including the...

As Split has been hit by its biggest snowfall in many years, UEFA and the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) are putting on special buses to the Spaladium...

PARIS (AFP) - World Cup finalists France handed new coach Philippe Saint-Andre a winning start in the Six Nations with a 30-12 victory over Italy at a freezing Stade de France on Saturday.Tries from...

MOSCOW (AFP) - Gazprom said on Saturday it could not pump additional gas to Western Europe amid a cold snap, after EU officials and energy firms said the Russian giant's deliveries had dropped...