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EU officials blamed the collapse on Athens, saying it had failed to offer anything new to secure the funding it needs to repay the IMF by June-end.

In little more than a fortnight, Athens must repay 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion) to the International Monetary Fund with money it does not have.

In an effort to protect state secrets, an Iranian general says authorities with access to classified information will be banned from using smartphones.

Austria has stopped processing asylum requests in an effort to pressure other European Union member states to do more to help absorb waves of refugees pouring into the continent.

By doubling capacity, Mercedes hopes to improve profits in the world's sixth-largest car market.

It "embodies all the hideousness of fascism," one publisher asserts.

Stocks received a boost Thursday after new data showed U.S. retail sales surged in May, even in the face of a Greek default and exit from the eurozone.

The Israeli government has been vocally opposing any nuclear deal with Iran for years.

Pope Francis was the second world leader Putin kept waiting for an hour on Wednesday.

The rise in fighting and deaths has convinced Congress, long inclined to supply weapons to Ukraine, that the country still needs more assistance.

The Russian military planes had approached the Baltic airspace without sharing a flight plan.

Users of Motorola Mobility's Moto X phones may have reason to cheer as the company said it is closer to a full roll-out of the Android Lollipop 5.1 upgrade.

A 102-year-old German neonatologist received her doctorate Tuesday, decades after it was denied to her under Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime.

A lawyer for some of the families said that this would provide "closure" to the relatives of the victims.

Standard & Poor's downgraded several U.K. and German banks, saying it considers government support for these banks to be uncertain.

A collection of about 2,000 posters from the World War I era, considered to be one of the world's finest and amassed over more than a decade by a U.S. Army officer, will be sold at auction later this month, Guernsey's auction house said Tuesday.

Mercedes-Benz is entering the home energy storage business in Germany.

Against attacks from unions and several lawmakers, President Obama offers campaign support for Democrats who back his Trans-Pacific Partnership deal.

German prosecutors are probing questionable client transactions at Deutsche Bank, adding to the lender's recent legal woes.

The speech comes ahead of a crucial Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act.

Ties between Russia and China are "a key factor for stability, security, [and] the establishment of polycentric world," a top Russian politician said.