Europe

UK official: London attack could be terror-related
Two men attacked another man near a London military barracks Wednesday, in what British authorities were investigating as a possible terror act.
EU bid to label Hezbollah wing terror group
The European Union is reassessing whether to declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization, a move it has long shied ...
FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case early Wednesday after he lunged at an ...
El Salvador president meets pope amid Romero hopes
El Salvador's president meets with Pope Francis on Thursday amid mounting indications that the stars have finally aligned to move slain Archbishop ...
Ousted premier seeks return to power in Caymans
A former Cayman Islands premier who faces 11 criminal charges is heading into elections with a chance of returning to leadership of the British ...
Russian drunk driver who killed orphans sentenced
A Russian drunken driver who sparked a nationwide debate after killing seven, including five orphan children, in a road accident last year has been ...
Mais non! French universities may teach in English
In France, there's a brewing debate over whether to speak anglais in universite. The National Assembly on Wednesday was taking up an education reform ...
Turkey foils alleged attacks on Syrian refugees
Turkish authorities have detained six people suspected of plotting to attack and kidnap Syrian refugees in Turkey, an official said Wednesday, as the ...
Pope issues first appeal for Chinese Catholics
Pope Francis has issued his first appeal directed at Catholics in China, long the source of concern for his predecessor Benedict XVI. Francis urged ...
Irishman charged with 1982 IRA Hyde Park bombing
British prosecutors have charged a 61-year-old Irishman with the Irish Republican Army bombing of the queen's cavalry in Hyde Park in 1982, a strike ...
Trial for captain in deadly shipwreck in Italy
An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel's shipwreck off the coast ...
Riots in Stockholm spread to more suburbs
Groups of youth have smashed shop windows, set cars ablaze and burnt down a cultural center as the riots that started in one Stockholm suburb after ...
Pussy Riot member declares hunger strike in prison
An imprisoned member of the punk band Pussy Riot says she is going on hunger strike after a judge refused to allow her to attend a court hearing where ...
Germany backs terror label for Hezbollah militants
Germany says it supports adding the military wing of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah to the European Union's list of terrorist groups.
Prosecutors charge Irish man with 1982 murders
Prosecutors have charged an Irish man with four murders stemming from a bomb attack in Hyde Park on July 20, 1982. The attack killed four members of ...
The pope and the devil: Is Francis an exorcist?
Pope Francis' fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped "liberate" a ...
Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, ...
UN: Drop in Syrians reaching Jordan, unclear why
U.N. officials said Tuesday that the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan has suddenly fallen from an average of 2,500 a day to fewer than 20, ...
Colombia officials look for missing Spanish couple
Colombian authorities say a middle-aged Spanish man and woman are missing in a northeastern border region where a car they rented three weeks ago was ...
Warsaw ghetto insurgent Boruch Spiegel dies at 93
Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi ...
Georgian ex-PM detained on abuse of office charge
Allies of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili — a former prime minister and a provincial governor — were charged on Tuesday with embezzlement and ...
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 ...
2nd day of riots in Stockholm suburb shakes Sweden
Some 200 youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a largely immigrant suburb of Stockholm on Tuesday, the second day of rioting triggered ...
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 ...