Iceland got a new, Pirate Party-free government Wednesday almost three months after an election that produced no outright winner
Police are investigating the theft of several items from the iconic Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro
The World Bank is forecasting the global economy will accelerate slightly in 2017 after turning in the worst performance last year since the 2008 financial crisis
The last major economic report card for President Barack Obama arrives Friday with the release of the December jobs report
Cyprus' biggest bank says it has fully repaid 11.4 billion euros ($11.9 billion) of emergency cash it received to stay afloat during a 2013 banking crisis that forced the island to need a multibillion euro rescue deal from its eurozone partners
Puerto Rico's new congressional representative has filed a bill that would turn the island into the 51st U.S. state by 2025
Puerto Rico's new governor is promising an immediate push for statehood in a territory facing a deep economic crisis
Congress ushers in a new era of all-Republican rule, with a tight GOP grip on the House, a slim majority in the Senate and a newfound ally in the White House in Donald Trump
Nine years after the collapse of the U.S. housing market sent shockwaves through the global economy, two big European banks have agreed to offer American homeowners and borrowers billions of dollars' worth of help
The Justice Department has sued Barclays Bank PLC and several of its United States affiliates over the sale of risky mortgage-backed securities