A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook numerous small towns in northeast Italy Sunday, killing four people, knocking down a clock tower and other centuries-ancient buildings and causing millions in losses to the region known for making... 

BRINDISI (Reuters) – A bomb hit which killed a teenage girl and wounded 10 other people in the southern Italian town of Brindisi was probably done by an individual operating alone, a senior official said on... 

VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear supervisor flew to Tehran on Sunday voicing optimism he could reach a deal to investigate suspected atom bomb research – a doable breakthrough that Iran may hope could help ease Western sanctions pressure... 

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian army shelling killed 16 people, including children, on Sunday in the town of Souran in the central province of Hama, the British-based rights group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.  Read More →

CHICAGO (Reuters) – There are weeks in the political life of Angela Merkel that were surely more pleasant than the last one. Last Sunday, the German chancellor’s have fun suffered a huge loss...