Europe

Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions
Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear ...
Air France-KLM orders 25 wide-body Airbus A350s
Air France-KLM ordered 25 Airbus A350 jets on Wednesday, saying the wide-body plane that flew for the first time last week will be central to its plan ...
Turkey's 'standing man' to join ranks of icons?
The image was stark: a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister's demand for protesters to clear Taksim ...
Paris returns stretch of riverbank to pedestrians
Paris has given back a stretch of its riverbank to pedestrians — and just in time for summer. Mayor Bertrand Delanoe inaugurated the 2.3-kilometer (1.
Iceland: 'informal talks' about Snowden asylum
Iceland says a WikiLeaks spokesman who claims to represent Edward Snowden has reached out to government officials about the potential of the NSA ...
Floods close Lourdes pilgrimage site in Pyrenees
Heavy floods in southwest France have forced the closure of the Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes and the evacuation of pilgrims from nearby hotels.
Obama in Berlin: "Our work is not yet done"
President Barack Obama is challenging Americans and Europeans not to become complacent even though the Cold War is over. Obama is speaking at Berlin's ...
Alcatel-Lucent plans overhaul, big cost cuts
Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent launched a major effort Wednesday to boost its fortunes by shedding businesses and jobs as ...
Obama warns EU over high youth unemployment
President Barack Obama is suggesting Europe may need to adjust its economic policies to tackle high youth unemployment. Obama said at a news ...
Bulgaria parliament revokes security chief choice
Bulgaria's parliament has revoked the controversial appointment of a legislator and media mogul to head the country's security service, which led to ...
AP PHOTOS: 3 little liligers cavort at Russian zoo
The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city, is home to a unique animal — the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and ...
Greek government back in talks to end TV crisis
Greece's governing coalition parties are to meet for a second time in three days to try and end a political crisis triggered by the closure of state ...
Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs
Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs ...
Turkish official approves 'standing man' protest
Turkey's deputy prime minister gave a nod of approval to a new form of peaceful resistance that is spreading through Turkey on Wednesday as police ...
Dutch manure silo fall kills 3 farmworkers
Dutch police say three farmworkers have died and a fourth has been critically injured after they fell into a silo filled with manure for use as ...
Obama silent on US arms to Syria, praises G-8 plan
President Barack Obama is refusing to describe the type of military support the U.S. will give to Syrian rebels even as he praises a decision by world ...
Russia uncovers $23.5 billion in illegal transfers
Russia's central bank has uncovered a network of shell companies that illegally funneled staggering sums of money abroad. Outgoing central bank chief ...
Sweden sells shares in bank Nordea for $3 bln
The Swedish government says it has raised 19.5 billion Swedish kronor ($3 billion) by almost halving its stake in Nordic banking group Nordea AB.
Ammunition fire rages at Russian military base
Exploding shells set off a fire that was triggering explosions Wednesday at a military depot in southern Russia, injuring about 30 people and causing ...
Italy top court faults Amanda Knox acquittal
Italy's high court on Tuesday harshly faulted the appeals court that acquitted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her roommate, saying its ...
Scientists: Timber in Lake Michigan centuries old
A wooden beam embedded at the bottom of northern Lake Michigan appears to have been there for centuries, underwater archaeologists announced Tuesday, ...
Greece's public TV still off despite court ruling
State TV channels in Greece remained off-air Tuesday as the political storm over the future of public broadcaster ERT raged on, despite a court ruling ...
Turkey's defiant PM says police to get more power
Turkey's prime minister on Tuesday brushed aside international criticism over his government's crackdown on widespread demonstrations and vowed to ...
Poland, Germany probe Nazi-led unit commander
Prosecutors in Poland and Germany said Tuesday they are reviewing files on a Minnesota man who was a commander of a Nazi-led unit to see if they have ...
Mali and Tuareg rebels sign accord
Mali, which lost half its territory last year to a rebel invasion, signed an accord Tuesday with Tuareg separatists who still control the country's ...