European Union lawmakers approved a copyright bill Tuesday to give writers and artists more protection of their creative rights and incomes, an intensely contentious measure that could have major trans-Atlantic implications for American technology companies. The European Parliament voted...

Four and a half years ago, French toddler Jana set off on a family holiday to Morocco -- but her jihadist father instead spirited her to Syria, where he joined the Islamic State group. Now devoted uncle Mustafa Tarbouni is on the ground and desperately trying to secure the seven-year-old's...

A new power outage in Venezuela forced the South American country to shut schools and public and private sectors for 24 hours Tuesday. Vice President Jorge Rodriguez announced all work and education activities will be halted for as the nation deal with the problem that is affecting most of...

Cross-border fighting between Israel and Hamas abated on Tuesday after a day of Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli air strikes, but Israel said it reserved the right to strike again and kept its forces massed at the Gaza frontier. The biggest Israeli-Palestinian escalation in months,...