Italy’s defense minister has said there is “some basis” to allegations by two American students that they were raped in Florence by Carabinieri policemen. The two women, aged 19 and 21, have said they were raped in the early hours of Sept. 7 after they were given a lift home from...

Hungary should not rush into further cuts in payroll taxes after steep reductions agreed with employers for 2017, Economy Minister Mihaly Varga said on Saturday. “Our budget deficit (target) is 2.4 percent, but if we want to reduce the vulnerability of the economy, then we need to...

Hurricane Irma menaced Cuba and the Bahamas on Friday as it drove toward Florida after lashing the Caribbean with devastating winds and torrential rain, killing 19 people and leaving a swathe of catastrophic destruction. Florida Governor Rick Scott issued a stark warning to residents to...

The eye of Hurricane Irma grazed the Turks and Caicos Islands on Thursday, rattling buildings after it smashed a string of Caribbean islands as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, killing 14 people on its way to Florida. With winds of around 185 miles per hour (290 km...