A United Nations spokesman says a U.N. official will sound out all sides involved in efforts to reunify divided Cyprus in order to determine whether conditions have ripened to resume peace talks

World Cup diplomacy provides distraction at EU summit

Member nations of the global chemical weapons watchdog have voted to give the organization the authority to apportion blame for attacks, expanding its powers

Greek Cypriot pensioner plans to build home in divided island's Turkish north, triggering unease among locals

Azerbaijan's president has boasted of the country's military might and vowed to regain control over Nagorno-Karabakh

After blocking rescue boats from bringing more asylum-seekers to Italy, the nation's new leaders are vowing to expel many more migrants already here

The diplomatic spat this week between Italy, Malta and France over who should take responsibility for more than 600 people rescued at sea shows that the biggest challenge Europe faces today is migration

Italy escalates quarrel with France over migration, challenges Paris to take in more asylum-seekers and demands apology

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is heading for a showdown with her conservative allies in a dispute over whether to turn back some refugees at the border

The leader of Italy's 5-Star Movement says the government's refusal to let a migrant ship dock _ and Spain's offer to take it instead _ marks a turning point in Europe's long migrant crisis