EUROPEAN UNION

With Ukraine and Turkey both at odds with Moscow, a new military relationship has begun that could extend beyond tanks to artillery and personnel carriers.

EU-wide debt crises and the meltdown of Greek relations have made holdouts like Poland and Sweden wary of adopting the euro. 

Many investors expected Mario Draghi's European Central Bank to increase bond purchases and cut interest rates more.

Greece's finance minister says the country wants a deal on debt relief with its eurozone creditors in the beginning of 2016 to remove once and for all financial uncertainty and spur economic recovery.

The euro jumped in the wake of the European Central Bank's decision to cut interest rates. President Mario Draghi implored eurozone countries to do more to boost the economy.

The European Central Bank is expected to further announce measures, including an expansion of its massive bond-buying program, at a meeting Thursday.

Vladimir Putin will make his annual speech Thursday at a moment of weak economic performance and conflicts in Ukraine and Syria.

Russian authorities said a power bridge would restore some electricity to Crimea by Dec. 20 as Ukrainian activists vow to completely isolate the annexed territory.

Accusations between Turkey and Russia have escalated following the Nov. 24 downing of a Russian jet by Ankara.

Inflation in the 19-nation bloc stood at a weaker-than-expected 0.1 percent, building pressure on the European Central Bank to ease its monetary policy.

Figures from the European Union showed that unemployment fell to 10.7 percent in October -- its lowest since January 2012.

A $31 billion trade relationship is about to change as Moscow responds to Turkey's strike against a Russian warplane.

Amid speculation the European Central Bank may announce more stimulus measures this week, the currency neared its biggest monthly decline against the dollar.

“At this point, I see the U.S. economy as performing well,” said Janet Yellen, head of the Federal Reserve.

Ben Carson says Syrian refugees want to be repatriated, not move to the United States or Europe.

European leaders agreed to speed up Turkey's accession to the EU in exchange for help on dealing with the refugee crisis.

Firm gains came as Wall Street shares closed flat overnight in a pre-Thanksgiving holiday lull and Asian stocks closed modestly higher.

Syrian businessman George Haswani assisted in transactions between Bashar Assad's regime and the Islamic State group, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel continues to defend her open-arms policy, while Poland requests a review of the EU's quota plan in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris.

The European Central Bank is concerned about the adverse effects a U.S. Federal Reserve rate increase and China's continuing slowdown could have on the eurozone.

Russia’s conflicts in eastern Ukraine and Syria were already proving unsustainable. Now a downed warplane at the Syrian-Turkish border makes things even more complicated.