"Now is not the time to take fright, it is time for bold, determined action for the European Union," Mr Juncker said in a marathon 80-minute speech in Strasbourg.
(Adds comments, details). WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Russia has sent two tank landing ships and additional aircraft to Syria in the past day or so and has deployed a small number of forces there, U.S.
... • Queen Elizabeth II becomes longest-reigning monarch: as it happened. She accepted it was a “special day” as she became our longest-reigning monarch, but the Queen was, as ever, the very embodiment of understatement.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that his country will not enter into talks with the United States outside of the nuclear deal with world powers as Washington could use other negotiations to “penetrate” the Islamic Republic.
BANGKOK -- Police said Wednesday a key suspect in last month's deadly Bangkok blast has admitted he handed a backpack containing a bomb to a man in a yellow shirt who was later seen leaving a similar bag at a downtown shrine just before the blast ...
THE Boeing 777 is proving to be the unluckiest aircraft in the world after the latest incident on a runway in Las Vegas. The British Airways' 777-200 was preparing for takeoff when the left engine caught fire and passengers were forced to evacuate on ...
(CNN) Israel re-opened its embassy in Egypt on Wednesday four years to the day after protesters stormed the embassy, forcing Israeli diplomats to leave Cairo, according to an Israeli Foreign Ministry statement.
Police have questioned a second woman in connection with last week's murder of Dr. Kendra Hatcher, a 35-year-old dentist in Dallas who was fatally shot after exiting her car in her apartment building's parking garage.
WASHINGTON Congressional Republicans showed no signs on Wednesday of having a clear plan for averting a U.S. government shutdown in three weeks over funding for Planned Parenthood, though senior party leaders have made clear they want to ...
The $6.4-million payout is one of the largest in a police death case in years, though it comes just months after Eric Garner's family was issued $5.9 million in New York City.
MOREHEAD, Ky. Supporters of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples due to her religious beliefs, said on Wednesday that any of her deputies who provide the documents without her permission should be ...
Federal Reserve officials aren't near an agreement to begin raising short-term interest rates heading into a crucial week of private discussions before their Sept.
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 U.S. job openings surged to a record high in July, but a slightly slower pace of hiring suggested employers were having trouble finding qualified workers, a trend that could eventually boost wages.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 9 Apple Inc said on Wednesday it would update Apple TV with an App Store and a new interface that allows viewers to make requests through the Siri digital assistant and search for specific programs and movies across apps.
Little time was spent on gaming during the big Apple TV reveal, but one of the more unexpected surprises was Beat Sports, a sports-inspired rhythm game from Harmonix, the studio behind the Rock Band series.
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing, announced Wednesday that the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will sport much-upgraded photo and video capabilities.
NEW YORK Stephen Colbert drew an audience of 6.6 million people in his long-awaited debut as host of "The Late Show" on CBS but he largely failed to bowl over TV critics with any major changes to the late-night talk show format.
Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter has dropped an intriguing detail about his planned Mayans spinoff. Sutter was chatting with Deadline while promoting his upcoming FX series The Bastard Executioner when he was asked about the new project, which EW ...
A quartet of quarterfinal matches highlight Wednesday at the US Open, with Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka each one match away from an epic semifinal showdown.
After wins at this year's Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon, Serena Williams, 33, needs to win this U.S. Open to achieve the first calendar-year grand slam since Steffi Graf accomplished the feat in 1988. Williams is the heavy favorite, having ...
Novak Djokovic and Marin Cilic clash in the 2015 U.S. Open semifinals for the rights to win the "Battle of the Balkans" and, most importantly, to land in another major final.
The Dallas Cowboys sure seem intent to make this running-back-by-committee thing work in their efforts to replace DeMarco Murray - so much so that days before their season opener against the New York Giants, head coach Jason Garrett has not officially ...
TORONTO -- The World Cup of Hockey is coming back, and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman insists that doesn't necessarily mean the league will skip the 2018 Olympics.
Former two-time welterweight titlist Andre Berto will attempt to shock the world on Saturday against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather, in what the pound-for-pound king has announced will be the last fight of his career.
When you look out into the abyss of space, you might be surprised to find how sparsely populated it all is. In almost all locations that you look, you don't find stars, galaxies, or other points of light.
A new study suggests that the precursor of an abnormal protein that triggers Alzheimer's disease could perhaps be transmitted from person to person through the transfer of tissue or certain specialized medical or surgical procedures, its authors said.
Two new cholesterol drugs called Repatha and Praluent are over-priced for what they do, a new report argues. In the report, published Tuesday by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, researchers looked at the two recently approved drugs and ...
NEW YORK New York City health officials unanimously voted on Wednesday to require chain restaurants to add a warning label to menu items that contain more than the daily recommended amount of sodium, making it the first city in the United States to do ...
