The Bank of England said it will buy another $79.1 billion of U.K. government bonds in an effort to shore up the fragile economy. The central bank's key interest rate remains unchanged at a record low of 0.5%.

As tensions mounted between Western nations and Syria, Germany said on Thursday that it had ordered the expulsion of four staff members from the Syrian Embassy.

Haiti’s culture of impunity must end with the prosecution of Jean-Claude Duvalier.

Greek workers walked off the job on Tuesday to protest a new barrage of austerity measures being demanded by the country’s foreign creditors.

The Vatican described the unprecedented assembly as a response to a painful issue that has wracked the Church and estranged many faithful.