Russia’s defense minister says Moscow will send more modern S-300 missile defense systems to Syria following last week’s downing of a Russian plane.

An Indonesian teenager has survived about 7 weeks adrift at sea after the floating wooden fish trap he was employed to mind slipped its moorings.

Arguments are set before the West Virginia Supreme Court in challenges to the eligibilities of a congressman and a former House of Delegates speaker to serve on the court.

Business confidence in Europe’s largest economy fell only slightly in September despite worries about trade disputes that could harm growth.

Singapore’s competition watchdog has fined ride-hailing giant Uber and its regional rival Grab 13 million Singapore dollars ($9.5 million) for a merger in Southeast Asia that the agency says has driven up fares and reduced competition in the market.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that it’s time for her coalition government to stop getting bogged down in internal squabbles, after its leaders reached a deal to resolve its second major crisis in just three months.

British police have released a man who was detained by security staff at Buckingham Palace on suspicion of carrying a Taser.

The mother of a recently engaged runner who was stabbed to death in the nation’s capital says her daughter will be buried in a wedding dress.

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Polish media are reporting that a truck has collided head-on with a school bus, killing the driver and one of the children’s caretakers and injuring several others on board.