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Fears about an attack on German soil have risen since deadly bombings and shootings in Paris in November.

U.S. companies trying to extract data on European citizens are entering another gray area, critics of the deal have said.

Investors rushed to safe havens such as gold and bonds as most world markets extended Tuesday's losses.

In a speech Tuesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter previewed a $582 billion spending plan for fiscal 2017 that will be detailed next week.

Europe’s refugee crisis is about people, but commerce catastrophe looms if the countries can’t agree on a new system that preserves freedom of movement.

The country’s Labor Ministry predicted that unemployment will hit 6 percent this year, as sanctions and the low price of oil take their toll.

The overall unemployment rate in the eurozone fell to a five-year low in December, the EU’s statistics office Eurostat announced Tuesday.

For the annual tradition, thousands of revelers converge on the small Pennsylvania town of Punxsutawney to see if Punxsutawney Phil will emerge from his temporary burrow — a simulated tree stump on a farm — and see his shadow.

January updates on global factory activity show the new year began much as the old one ended, with too much capacity chasing too little demand. Sonia Legg reports.

Another million refugees are expected to enter Europe in 2016 as right-wing parties continue to gain support in Germany and elsewhere.

Markets in China tumbled the most among global benchmark indexes this year, and extended their steepest monthly sell-off since the 2008 financial crisis.

About 700,000 Syrian children living in refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries are out of school.

A girl who claimed a group of migrant men kidnapped and raped her has recanted her statement.

The refugee children face a host of dangers along the risky route to possible asylum in Germany.

The German chancellor has resisted the pressure applied by some conservatives seeking to cap the influx of refugees or close the country’s borders.

The resulting shortage of steel parts could have an effect on the automaker’s plan to produce about 4.13 million vehicles in Japan this year.

In a nod to the "X-Files" TV series, the U.S. intelligence agency has highlighted 10 reports of particular interest.

While there’s hope the new smartphone can restore growth to the company, it will face some big headwinds.

With an expanded Northern Fleet and four new bases completed last year, Russia is causing concerns among its neighbors in the Arctic.

Asian stock markets soared in approval of Bank of Japan's move to adopt negative interest rates Friday.

The November terror attacks in Paris affected domestic consumption and tourism-related activities, analysts said.