Europe

Austria: couple killed crossing highway on foot
Austrian police say a couple from Romania were killed when they were hit by two vehicles as they attempted to cross one of the country's main highways ...
Man sentenced in US plot against terror witness
A man was sentenced Friday to four life terms for plotting to behead federal witnesses whose testimony helped convict him for his role in an earlier ...
Case of missing convicted US killer ends in Greece
An American man who fled a day before being convicted in 1991 of killing his 2-year-old stepson has been tried and convicted again in Greece, where ...
Death toll now at 8 in Italy port crash; 1 missing
The Italian coast guard says divers have found the body of another victim of a cargo ship crash into Genoa's dock, raising the death toll to eight.
UK police capture fugitive who escaped prison van
British police say they have captured a fugitive who escaped from a prison van during an ambush as it was taking him to court. Police said officers ...
German court rejects bias claim in neo-Nazi trial
Lawyers for the main defendant in Germany's highest-profile neo-Nazi trial in decades have failed in a bid to replace the presiding judge. German news ...
Russia's foreign min defends arms sales to Syria
Russia's foreign minister has defended his country's sales of antiaircraft systems to Syria, insisting they are not banned by international law.
Turkey increases security for Orthodox Patriarch
An official says Turkish authorities have tightened security for the Istanbul-based Orthodox Patriarchate following allegations of a plot to attack ...
Hungary: 3 men convicted of anti-Semitism
Hungarian authorities say three men have been convicted of shouting anti-Semitic slogans and making Nazi salutes at Jews attending an international ...
2 popes praying: Egyptian Copt and Pope Francis
Two popes prayed together Friday at the Vatican, one Catholic and one Orthodox, in a sign of improving ties following the election of new leaders for ...
MotoGP's Barbera arrested for beating girlfriend
Spanish MotoGP rider Hector Barbera has been arrested after allegedly abusing his girlfriend, according to Spanish news reports. Europa Press news ...
Bosnia detains retired Pakistani general
Bosnian authorities say they have detained a retired Pakistani general who is accused of corruption in his home country. Mirela Znaor, the head of the ...
Serbia's wealthiest man, 10 others indicted
Prosecutors have charged Serbia's richest man with embezzlement and tax evasion, in what the government has described as an anti-corruption sweep as ...
Turkey: US man gets suspended smuggling sentence
A lawyer says an American tourist who picked up stones during a beach holiday in Turkey has received a one-year suspended sentence for attempting to ...
Police: Dead Boston bombing suspect buried
The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was entombed in an unknown gravesite Thursday after police said an anonymous person ...
2 Finns, 1 Austrian freed from captivity in Yemen
Finland says two Finnish and one Austrian hostage who were kidnapped in Yemen in December have been released. Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja ...
Trial set for Irish nanny in US baby's death
A tentative trial date has been set for an Irish nanny charged with murder in the death of a Massachusetts baby. Aisling Brady McCarthy has pleaded ...
Turkey testing Syrians for chemical weapon wounds
Turkey is testing injured Syrians seeking treatment across the border for chemical weapon wounds, the foreign minister said Thursday. Ahmet Davutoglu ...
Israel to Russia: Don't give Syria S-300 missiles
Israel has asked Russia to cancel an imminent sale of an advanced air defense system to Syria that could complicate further military intervention, ...
Lithuania lawmaker wanted for questions is missing
Lithuanian authorities have formally launched a search for a lawmaker wanted for questioning in relation to a deadly pedophilia scandal that has ...
Lightning strike injures 39 at party in Germany
A lightning strike has injured 39 people, eight of them severely, at a Father's Day party in eastern Germany. More than 500 people were attending ...
Iraq rejects refuge for Turkey's Kurdish fighters
Iraq on Thursday rejected a key element of an accord to bring an end to a long Kurdish uprising in Turkey — offering refuge to rebel fighters in ...
Police confirm blast in Prague caused by gas leak
Investigators have confirmed that the blast last week that ripped open a central Prague office building and injured some 40 people was caused by a gas ...
Kosovo: 1 month detention for suspected drug boss
The European Union law mission in Kosovo says it has ordered a suspected Balkan drug boss to be detained for one month while it gathers evidence in ...
4 insurgents killed in Dagestan
Russian police say four militants have been killed in two clashes in Dagestan, where an Islamic insurgency has persisted for more than a decade.