Iraq?s top Shiite cleric is warning of civil war after a deadly day of violence in which security forces shot dead 40 people in the capital and the southern provinces, calling on lawmakers who to ?reconsider? their support for the current government.

Unai Emery has been fired by Arsenal, 18 months after succeeding Arsene Wenger as manager of the Premier League club.

People don?t celebrate Thanksgiving in France, or Denmark, or South Africa – but they do shop on Black Friday.

Police said they detained four suspects for questioning Friday after finding the burned body of a 27-year-old veterinarian who was raped and killed in southern India, in yet another instance of violent crime against women in India.

Official figures show that inflation across the 19-country eurozone rose in November but remains way below the level that the European Central Bank and its new president, Christine Lagarde, would like it to be.

Cyprus? foreign ministry has decried an agreement between Turkey and Libya?s U.N.-backed government to delineate the maritime boundaries between the two countries as a serious breach of international law that disregards the lawful rights of other eastern Mediterranean countries.

Olympic champion Mo Farah says he will return to the track and wants to defend his 10,000-meter title at next year?s Tokyo Games.

Christians are celebrating the return to the Holy Land of a tiny wooden relic they believe was part of Jesus? manger nearly 1,400 years after it was sent to Rome as a gift to the pope.

The former chief of staff to the Maltese prime minister has been released from jail as police say there are no grounds at this stage to hold him in the probe of who masterminded the murder of an investigative reporter.

Germany’s unemployment rate was static at 4.8% in November as the labor market remained robust despite the lackluster performance of Europe?s biggest economy.