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Spain will cut state employees' wages and slash investment spending, sparking immediate union anger with a bid to reassure markets that it can get its budget deficit under control and detain the spread of the European debt ...

The British prime minister announced that his Labour Party would launch formal talks with Liberal Democrats and that he was prepared to step down as party leader.

European leaders agree to a nearly $1 trillion rescue plan to avoid a major debt crisis; Federal Reserve says it will also provide loans overseas.

Both houses of Parliament approve unpopular financial plan to save Greece from bankruptcy.

Apple said the iPad will become available in nine European countries May 28, after an earlier delay.

A mammoth cloud of ash is stretching 1,250 miles across the North Atlantic and forcing aircraft to divert south into a long-haul traffic jam, Irish and European air authorities said.

With the British vote ending in a hung Parliament for the first time since the 1970s, several possibilities could now play out.

Airports in Ireland and parts of Britain were closed for hours on Tuesday because of a cloud of volcanic ash drifting south from Iceland that shut European airspace last month and could threaten summer holiday travel.

European debt problems sent another wave of pessimism through the markets.

The $147 billion, three-year bailout offered to Greece by euro-zone countries and the IMF won't be enough to cover Greece's costs, an examination of Greek financial figures shows.