The prime minister of Greece pledged Thursday to overhaul the national disaster response agency as authorities publicly named the people killed by the country's deadliest forest fire in decades - victims whose ages ranged from 6 months to 95 years. The list, which included four...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed concerns over the tumbling lira, calling on Turks to "have no worries," after the currency hit record lows in recent weeks on the back of a widening rift with the United States. Ankara and Washington, NATO allies, have been at loggerheads...

U.S. forces launched airstrikes Friday to counter a major Taliban assault on an Afghan provincial capital, where terrified residents cowered in their homes amid explosions and gunfire as security forces try to beat the insurgents back. Officials said Afghan special forces were also...

Colombia's military says three soldiers have been kidnapped by a rebel group that is holding peace talks with the government. Colombia's Army said Thursday that the National Liberation Army grabbed the soldiers while they were off duty and were riding on a bus in the oil-rich province...