With Christmas fast approaching, decoration makers at one of Russia's oldest glass factories are working overtime to get their creations ready to be hung on trees across the country.
A 15-year-old boy in Britain has been charged with murder in the killing of a Polish man in the weeks after the U.K.'s vote to leave the European Union.
Voters in the tiny West African nation of Gambia cast marbles Thursday in an election widely expected to keep the country's ruler of more than two decades in power despite a unified effort by the opposition.
The United Nations population agency says the world's population grew to 7.4 billion in 2016, with a substantial youth bulge challenging political and social systems across the planet.
President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia hopes to normalize ties with the U.S. and join efforts in the fight against international terrorism.
Turkey's prime minister has met with the country's nationalist party leader to discuss plans for constitutional reforms that would usher in a system expanding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers.
Turkey's prime minister has met with the country's nationalist party leader to discuss plans for constitutional reforms that would usher in a system expanding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers.
Italian police have arrested the fugitive boss of a powerful 'ndrangheta clan who ran illegal operations from the southern Calabria region north to Lombardy.
Rasa Miskinyte spent last Saturday in a freezing forest near Lithuania's capital learning to gather water from a pond with a condom, to filter it through sand, charcoal and cloth, and to make her own stove from a beer can.
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesman says Pakistan welcomes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's willingness to play a role in resolving its outstanding problems with New Delhi.
The new German edition of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo has gone on sale in Germany, sporting a front cover that pokes fun at Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to run for a fourth term.
The European Environment Agency says EU members "are collectively well on their way" to meeting 2020 targets on renewables, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions.