Europe

Pigeon sale yields world record for feathered Bolt
Flying high above Europe's economic crisis, a local lightning-fast pigeon called Bolt became the world's most expensive racing bird when his Belgian ...
Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Paris police say Notre Dame Cathedral has been evacuated after a man committed suicide in the 850-year-old monument and tourist site. A police ...
The pope and the devil: Is Francis an exorcist?
Is Pope Francis an exorcist? The question has been swirling ever since Francis laid his hands Sunday on the head of a young man after celebrating Mass ...
2 donkeys suspected in mauling death in Hungary
Hungarian police say they are investigating an incident in which an elderly man may have been mauled to death by two donkeys. It happened May 13 in ...
German art shipping agent allowed out of China
The German government says a German art shipping agent who was detained in China last year has been allowed to leave the country, days before new ...
Driver error or fainting blamed for Swiss crash
Authorities say a bus crash last year in southern Switzerland that killed 22 Belgian schoolchildren returning from a ski holiday was probably caused ...
UN: Drop in Syrians reaching Jordan, unclear why
U.N. officials say there has been a sudden fall in the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan, but it's unclear why. Panos Moumtzis , the top U.
Georgian ex-PM detained on abuse of office charges
Prosecutors in Georgia say that the country's former prime minister has been detained and charged with abuse of office and misappropriation of ...
4 arrested after more riots in Stockholm suburb
Police have arrested four people after a second night of escalating riots in a Stockholm suburb, during which some 200 youths hurled rocks at police ...
Death toll in Turkish balloon crash reaches 3
Officials say another Brazilian tourist has died of injuries sustained after a hot air balloon crashed to the ground, raising the number of tourists ...
Explosions kill 4 in Russia's restive Dagestan
Two bombs exploded outside a court building in Russia's restive province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens of ...
Retired Anglican priest jailed for sex abuse
A retired Church of England priest was jailed for 10 years Monday after a jury found him guilty of 36 separate sex offenses against children in the ...
10 Azerbaijanis to prison after headscarf rally
A court in Azerbaijan has convicted and sentenced 10 people for breaching public order following a violent protest against a ban on wearing ...
Ukrainian media protest after journalists beaten
Several dozen journalists rallied outside Ukraine's Interior Ministry in Kiev on Monday, accusing police of standing by while two journalists covering ...
Germany insists on implementation plan for Kosovo
Germany is insisting that Serbia and Kosovo agree on a plan to implement an EU-brokered deal normalizing relations between former Balkan foes.
Israel disputes French TV claim on boy's death
Israel on Sunday completed an investigation into a decade-old French TV report that claimed Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy in a gunbattle ...
Pope: church should open up but follow teaching
Pope Francis is calling for renewal in the Catholic church as he wrapped up two days of mass gatherings in St. Peter's Square aimed at energizing the ...
Mice return from a month in space
A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said ...
UN chief hopes for Syria conference in early June
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is holding out hope that an international conference to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the Syrian civil war ...
Plane catches fire landing in Moscow; no injuries
Part of an airliner carrying more than 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers evacuated the plane by jumping off one of ...
US slams Russian anti-ship missiles going to Syria
The Obama administration denounced Russia on Friday for providing Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime with anti-ship missiles, saying the weapons ...
Woman describes Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga' parties
Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up ...
Homesick pope? Vatican opens Argentine gaucho show
If Pope Francis is feeling a bit homesick these days, he need only go downstairs to St. Peter's Square. The Vatican on Friday opened an exhibit on ...
UK police announce new leads in missing girl case
British police say they are investigating new leads in the case of Madeleine McCann, the Briton who disappeared six years ago in Portugal at the age ...
Man in US quiet on Uzbekistan terrorism plot
An Uzbekistan national pleaded not guilty and said little during his first court appearance Friday on U.S. charges that he gave support, cash and ...