The European Union has ruled that Luxembourg did not give the U.S. fast food giant McDonald’s a special sweet tax deal and that the non-taxation of some of its profits did not amount to illegal state aid.

The U.N. food agency says time is running out for aid groups operating in Yemen to prevent a devastating famine in the war-torn country.

The 10th international ArtPrize competition is kicking off its run in western Michigan.

Malaysia’s anti-graft agency says it has arrested former Prime Minister Najib Razak over the multimillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund and that he will face further charges in court.

Police in New Jersey are warning residents about an alligator that’s on the loose.

A construction workers union says 24 of its members have been detained in the aftermath of protests denouncing poor working conditions at Istanbul’s new airport.

A debut novel about a displaced Palestinian family and a book of essays exploring race and identity during Barack Obama’s presidency have been named the winners of the annual Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

Germans are beginning to embrace electric cars, with experts predicting the country will have a million hybrid or battery-electric vehicles on the road by 2022.

India’s government has approved an ordinance to implement a top court ruling striking down the Muslim practice that allows men to instantly divorce.

A Louisiana sheriff says a 2-year-old has fatally shot himself with a handgun that was left on a counter in a Livingston Parish home.