Saudi Arabia's Haifaa al-Mansour cried as she spoke about the barriers to women's success around the world Thursday in Venice, where she is one of only two female directors in contention for the festival's top prize. Mansour's film "The Perfect Candidate" tells the story of a young Saudi...

Shaban Khalaf’s advice to any other Gazans thinking of heading to Europe in search of a better life, as he did, is blunt: don’t bother - it’s not worth the danger and the expense. Khalaf should know. Despairing of ever finding a decent job in Gaza, where the economy is near collapse,...

Italy’s head of state is expected to give two former political enemies the chance to form a new government on Thursday, capping an extraordinary three weeks that could mark a turning point in its frayed relations with the European Union. President Sergio Mattarella meets Prime Minister...

The European Commission said Wednesday it had opened an investigation into Google's job search tool on competition grounds, having identified a conflict of interest. The move is the latest in a string of EU probes of the US giant's business practices, which have already led to billions of...