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September 03, 2016

Spain's Popular Party backs Rajoy, defends Manuel Soria

Spain's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has met with his Popular Party to plan a strategy after lawmakers rejected his ...

September 03, 2016

Spain's Popular Party reaffirms backing of Rajoy

Spain's acting prime minister has met with his Popular Party to plan a strategy after lawmakers rejected his bid to form a ...

September 03, 2016

Le Pen promises French referendum on EU if elected president

The leader of France's far-right National Front set the tone for her campaign for the French presidency Saturday, calling to ...

September 03, 2016

Turkish tanks cross into Syria in 'new phase' against IS

Turkish tanks crossed into Syria to the west of a frontier town seized from the Islamic State group last week, in a "new ...

September 03, 2016

Thousands of Kurds demonstrate in Cologne, Germany

Thousands of Kurds, including many carrying flags with the image of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, demonstrated in the ...

September 03, 2016

Pope hails volunteers on eve of Mother Teresa sainthood

Pope Francis on Saturday denounced what he called the modern-day sin of indifference to hunger, exploitation and other ...

September 03, 2016

German nationalists seek gains in Merkel's political base

Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision a year ago to open the borders to a surge of migrants is casting a long shadow over a ...

September 03, 2016

Turkey, EU discuss fragile relations at ministerial meeting

Easing EU fears, a senior Turkish official on Saturday said his country would fully implement its part of a deal meant to ...

September 03, 2016

AP EXPLAINS: Saints, miracles and Mother Teresa

For many of the poor and destitute whom Mother Teresa served, the tiny nun was a living saint. Many at the Vatican would ...

September 03, 2016

11 soldiers reported killed in Turkey

Eleven soldiers were killed and 28 wounded in Turkey's east and southeast in clashes with Kurdish militants, state-run media ...

September 02, 2016

Spanish missionary who devoted life to poor killed in Haiti

A missionary from Spain who devoted her life to helping the poor in Haiti was fatally shot at a crowded intersection in the ...

September 02, 2016

Greek police foil drone plot to fly drugs, phones, into jail

Greek police say they have foiled a plot by inmates to smuggle drugs and cellphones into a prison using a drone operated by ...

September 02, 2016

Barking dog found alive in rubble 9 days after Italy's quake

Firefighters have rescued a Golden Retriever from a pile of quake rubble after they heard the dog barking, nine days after ...

September 02, 2016

Macedonia approves caretaker government ahead of early vote

Macedonian lawmakers have formally approved a caretaker government that will lead the country into early national elections ...

September 02, 2016

Hungarian anti-migrant campaign picks up speed ahead of vote

A month ahead of Hungary's referendum on European Union migrant quotas, the government's relentless anti-migrant campaign has ...

September 02, 2016

Cartoon with quake victims under lasagna angers Italians

A French satirical weekly's cartoon depicting victims of last week's earthquake in Italy under layers of lasagna has angered ...

September 02, 2016

Germany: 13 potential bidders in re-run of Hahn airport sale

German officials say 13 potential bidders have expressed interest in buying the Hahn regional airport outside Frankfurt after ...

September 02, 2016

Pope removes bishop accused of accepting problem priests

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of an Italian bishop who welcomed into his diocese priests accused of, and in some ...

September 02, 2016

Man throws Molotov cocktails on McDonald's in Belgrade

Serbian police say they have arrested a man suspected of throwing several gasoline bombs at a McDonald's restaurant in ...

September 02, 2016

Prominent German neo-Nazi convicted of Holocaust denial

A prominent German neo-Nazi has again been convicted of Holocaust denial and sentenced to eight months in prison. The Detmold ...