Europe

Spanish AP photographer wins top journalism award
An Associated Press photographer has won a prestigious Spanish journalism award for his image of a store worker terrified by a violent street protest, ...
Greek farm shootings highlight migrants' plight
After months of pressing the strawberry plantation over pay, the Bangladeshi migrant laborers gathered in the field hoping that a deal was near.
Irish jury: Poor care killed woman denied abortion
A miscarrying Indian woman who died from blood poisoning in an Irish hospital after being denied an abortion perished because staff bungled her ...
Warsaw marks 70 years since uprising in ghetto
Sirens wailed and church bells tolled in Warsaw as largely Roman Catholic Poland paid homage Friday to the Jewish fighters who rose up 70 years ago ...
UK bomb plotter wife acquitted of withholding info
The estranged wife of a convicted bomb plotter has been cleared of withholding knowledge of his plans. A London jury on Friday acquitted 23-year-old ...
Irish politician charged with fraud over expenses
An Irish politician repeatedly accused of ethical lapses was charged with six counts of fraud Friday following a police investigation into his expense ...
Spain authorizes US rapid reaction force in south
Spain's government has authorized the temporary deployment of a force of 500 U.S. marines and eight U.S. aircraft to the southwestern Moron de la ...
Real IRA founder loses appeal on terror conviction
The founder of the Real IRA paramilitary group, responsible for the deadliest bombing in Irish history, failed Friday to have his 2003 conviction for ...
7.0 quake hits ocean off Japan, Russia; no damage
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in seas off far northern Japan and far eastern Russia on Friday, but no damage was expected. The Japan ...
Amanda Knox: 'Paralyzed' with anxiety sometimes
Amanda Knox says in a new interview that she's sometimes "paralyzed" with anxiety stemming from the death of her roommate in Italy and the legal ...
AQIM warns France, allies face threat after Mali
Al-Qaida's North Africa branch on Thursday threatened to seek revenge against all countries taking part in the French-led war in Mali, warning that ...
Irish nanny pleads not guilty in US baby death
An Irish nanny accused of killing a baby who died of what prosecutors say was "abusive head trauma" while in her care pleaded not guilty on Thursday ...
Wallabies on the loose in Austria _ yes, Austria
Volunteers are searching for a pair of wallabies hopping through Austria — yes, Austria. The kangaroo-like marsupials, which are smaller than "roos" ...
Russian sanctions author joins Magnitsky family
The author of sanctions against Russians over human rights violations said Thursday there would be no need for punishment if Russia focused on holding ...
Russian nurses charged with beating orphans
Russia's state investigative agency has filed charges against two nurses accused of severely beating three small children at an orphanage, one of them ...
AP Interview: Warsaw ghetto survivor recalls hell
Jakub Gutenbaum still squirms at the thought of scalding-hot walls in the basement where he hid while houses burned overhead during the Warsaw ghetto ...
Germany offers troops for Afghan training mission
Germany offered Thursday to provide up to 800 soldiers for a NATO training mission in Afghanistan after U.S. and other foreign combat troops leave the ...
Gorbachev sees global failure to address eco-risks
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday painted a dim picture of the world's environmental progress, two decades after he founded the ...
French president warns of security threats
French President Francois Hollande is warning of threats to France related to fighting in Mali and Syria, but says there is "no reason to raise the ...
97 saved from Chinese ship afire off Antarctica
A Chinese factory fishing ship caught fire Wednesday just off the coast of Antarctica and 97 crew members were rescued by a nearby Norwegian vessel ...
Serbia, Kosovo end EU-brokered talks without deal
The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo ended talks early Thursday without resolving their differences. But a top European Union chief said a deal could be ...
Greece halts deportation for Syrians
Greece has suspended the deportation of immigrants from Syria who entered the country illegally, amid growing concern from human rights groups that ...
Cuba's 'Ladies' to pick up EU prize 8 years later
Members of Cuba's Ladies in White opposition group will finally pick up Europe's top human rights prize from 2005 in person next week in Belgium, the ...
20 migrant strawberry pickers wounded in Greece
At least 20 migrant strawberry pickers were shot and wounded in southern Greece on Wednesday, in a pay dispute after a foreman opened fire on them ...
Greece: Former finance minister granted bail
A former Greek finance minister has been granted bail of €50,000 ($66,000) after testifying before a public prosecutor investigating allegations that ...