Italy's president asked political neophyte Giuseppe Conte to try to form a government Wednesday, giving the euroskeptic 5-Star Movement and anti-immigrant League a shot at running western Europe's first populist government

Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned with her ex-spy father in a nerve agent attack, says her recovery has been "slow and extremely painful," and that she hopes to return to her home in Russia someday

US health chief pledges more action if Ebola outbreak in Congo spreads

Egyptian security officials say a prominent activist and blogger known for documenting police abuse has been detained, the latest in a new wave of arrests since elections earlier this year

Spain's parliament has passed a new national budget and gave the government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy breathing space as it combats determined separatists in Catalonia