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Polish officials resign over eavesdropping scandal
Four Polish government ministers and the parliamentary speaker resigned on Wednesday amid a revived 2014 scandal over secret recordings made of them ...FIFA suspends bidding for 2026 World Cup
FIFA announced on Wednesday it had suspended the bidding process to host the 2026 World Cup amid the furore surrounding corruption probes ...Norway to take in 8,000 Syria refugees by late 2017
Norway has agreed to take in 8,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2017, under an agreement reached Wednesday by most of ...Worldwide study finds high concern about fixing climate change
Almost 80 percent of people worldwide are perturbed about global warming and most want tough action to fix the problem, according to ...Hezbollah announces battle with IS on Syria-Lebanon border
The head of Lebanon\'s Hezbollah movement announced Wednesday that the powerful Shiite militia had begun to fight the Islamic State jihadist group ...Argentine Congress considers making street harassment crime
When she left her house each day, Aixa Rizzo would brace for a barrage of sexually-laden comments from male electricians working on ...Colombia accuses FARC rebels of oil spill
Colombian authorities accused the leftist FARC guerrillas Monday of forcing 19 oil tanker drivers to dump their cargo of crude on the ...Massive blaze at Ukraine fuel depot
Emergency services stopped a fuel depot fire outside Kiev from spreading on Tuesday, officials said, but the fate of three firemen missing ...German woman, 102, gets doctorate 77 yrs after Nazis blocked her
A 102-year-old woman received her doctorate from a German university Tuesday -- nearly 80 years after the Nazis prevented her sitting the ...White House press room evacuated during briefing
The White House press room was briefly evacuated and a Secret Service sniffer dog deployed Tuesday delaying a scheduled briefing.




