UK fighter jet scrambled to divert civilian plane
A British fighter jet was launched to divert a civilian plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Pakistan to England after an incident on board, ...

Fan violence worries overshadow Italian Cup final
Worries of fan violence are high ahead of Sunday's Italian Cup final and Rome derby between Roma and Lazio. After audiences with both Pope Francis and ...

Federer to skip Switzerland's Davis Cup playoff
Roger Federer says he won't play for Switzerland in the Davis Cup playoffs against Ecuador in September. Federer says "it's better that I announce ...
Spanish court opens tax probe into king's daughter
Princess Cristina, the daughter of Spain's King Juan Carlos, is under investigation for possible tax fraud and money laundering, the latest blow to ...

Gibraltar accepted as full member of UEFA
Gibraltar was accepted Friday as a full member by the UEFA Congress, becoming Europe's 54th official football nation. The move had previously been ...

Attack casts spotlight on radical preachers
The slaying of a British soldier in southeast London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in ...

Vettel under pressure to get pole at Monaco GP
Sebastian Vettel needs to rediscover his speed in qualifying if he is to protect his overall Formula One lead at the Monaco Grand Prix. Monaco is the ...

Austria links UN peacekeepers to Syria arms ban
Austria said Friday that it may rethink its U.N. peacekeeping role in the Golan Heights, if the European Union doesn't extend its arms embargo to ...

France won't force companies to cap executive pay
The French government is trying to woo executives and entrepreneurs, amid concerns that it has antagonized the businesses needed to reinvigorate the ...
Cyprus ends money controls on 2 more foreign banks
Cypriot authorities have lifted restrictions on money withdrawals and transfers for international clients of another two foreign banks active in the ...

Monaco beats Pella to reach final in Duesseldorf
Juan Monaco reached the final of the Power Horse Cup by beating Guido Pella 6-4, 7-6 (8) Friday. Monaco is seeded third and the highest-ranked player ...
Q&A: On Turkey's proposed alcohol restrictions
A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such ...

At Cannes' movie palace, talk of TV's rise
The annual Cannes festival on the French Riviera is the grandest platform in the world for the highest ambitions of film, a place where the art form ...

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. SWAROVSKI NOT WORRIED ABOUT CANNES JEWEL THEFTS There have been ...

Di Luca tests positive for EPO, risks life ban
Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca tested positive for EPO in a surprise test at his home before this year's race, organizers announced Friday
Ruby says her sworn testimony was lies
The woman at the center of ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex scandal has denied in court ever telling a former roommate that she had sex with the ...
Top Swiss negotiator in tax disputes steps down
Switzerland's top negotiator in talks to resolve disputes over tax evasion with Europe and the U.S. is stepping down. The Finance Ministry said Friday ...

Nadal could get Djokovic in French Open semifinals
Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal could face top-seeded Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinals a year after they met to decide the title.

Russia: Syrian regime may take part in peace talks
The Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to attend a conference proposed by Russia and the United States on ending the country's civil war, ...

JC Chandor gains a Cannes hit with 'All Is Lost'
J.C. Chandor may just have saved someone's life during an interview in Cannes. The director who put Robert Redford in a struggle for survival as a ...

Berlusconi looms large in Rome mayor election
Silvio Berlusconi's figure looms large over Rome's mayoral elections this weekend, even though the former premier isn't among the 19 candidates ...