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Hans-Georg Maassen, the head of the domestic intelligence agency, said authorities are still unaware of any concrete terrorist attack plans in the country.

Austria's Parliament is drafting legislation on what should be done with a structure in Braunau, where Hitler lived in his early years.

Although the number of people applying for asylum in Germany has fallen by over 60 percent, officials worry new routes into Europe could sprout.

Francis is moving the church's practice, if not dogma, regarding marriage and divorce in the same progressive direction he's taken with economic issues.

France and Germany pledged to continue supporting Ukraine despite a Dutch vote that created a roadblock for the country’s European Union aspirations.

The U.S. dollar fell further against the Japanese yen Thursday after minutes of a Federal Reserve meeting released Wednesday offered little prospect of a rise in interest rates in July.

The massive data leak has fueled discontent with entrenched political elites as Britons mull leaving the European Union.

Russia has more than 19 million people living in poverty as low oil prices are expected to keep battering its recessionary economy.

Equity markets the world over had been hit hard Tuesday, but optimism over a prospective oil output freeze buoyed the markets Wednesday.

The news comes as a controversial EU deal with Turkey aimed at easing the growing influx of migrants and refugees stalled.

Women and children now account for more than half of all asylum-seekers in Europe — and nearly one in 10 of those women are pregnant.

Russia has continued to build its arsenal despite an agreement with the U.S. to reduce stockpiles by 2018.

The world economy’s prospects will decline further unless authorities take stronger action, International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde warned Tuesday.

HSBC, Credit Suisse and UBS all appear among the top 10 banks that set up shell companies through the law firm Mossack Fonseca.

Investor sentiment perked up after data showed a sustained recovery in the U.S. labor market and a rebound in Chinese manufacturing activity.

The talks between Greece and its lenders resume Monday even as the IMF said it was a “good distance away” from agreeing on the terms of the third bailout.

The Vermont senator says he was just responding to fears of members of the Muslim community, who have been upset by the real estate mogul’s remarks.

European banks have paid billions of dollars in fines for violating sanctions agreements in the past five years.

An EU deal to send some 750 people back to Turkey from Greece has been criticized for failing to protect legitimate asylum-seekers.

Greek leaders on Saturday sought an explanation from the International Monetary Fund after a WikiLeaks release about the country's financial crisis.

New arrivals to the country may soon have to sign a declaration that they will accept Western values and report suspected terrorists.