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Judge orders 2 Dutch sarin suspects held longer
A Dutch investigating judge on Tuesday ordered the continued detention of two men arrested on suspicion of possessing and attempting to sell or use ...
EU army training mission in Mali gets under way
An EU spokesman says a mission to train the Malian military has begun in the African country. Michael Mann, a spokesman for EU foreign policy chief ...
UK jury acquits man who spoke of violent fantasies
A British man who confided to his psychiatrist that he had fantasies of carrying out a deadly chemical strike was cleared of criminal charges on ...
Morocco: Disputed Western Sahara a risk for region
A top Moroccan official says uncertainty over the future of disputed Western Sahara is an additional risk for a region already hit by a rise in ...
US priest gets 6 years for child sex abuse
A Catholic priest pleaded guilty Monday to sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy he invited for a sleepover when he was pastor of a church in a small ...
Austria wants terrorism suspect held in Turkey
Austrian authorities say they will ask Turkey to extradite an Islamic extremist already sought by Germany, who was detained last month near the Syrian ...
Report: Karzai _ Taliban chief could seek election
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told a German newspaper that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar could run for president in elections next year.
UN food agency reports 20 Syria attacks since 2011
The U.N.'s World Food Program says unknown assailants in Syria have carried out at least 20 attacks on its food trucks, warehouses and cars since ...
Pope visits St. Peter's tomb under Vatican
Pope Francis on Monday took an emotional, close-up look at the tomb of Peter, the church's first pontiff, buried beneath St. Peter's Basilica, the ...
Dutch hold 4, search for alleged sarin nerve agent
Dutch police spent three days digging up a field after receiving a tip that sarin may have been buried there, but they found no trace of the deadly ...
Muslims worry about broader France headscarf ban
Because of her choice to wear a headscarf, Samia Kaddour, a Muslim, has all but abandoned trying to land a government job in France. Soon, some ...
Official Vatican text of pope's speech
Following is the official English language translation provided by the Vatican of Pope Francis' Easter Sunday message, delivered in Italian from the ...
5 young siblings die in house fire in France
Authorities say five young siblings have died after a fire erupted in a home in northern France. Rescue team official Thierry Oberlin told France-2 ...
Shroud of Turin goes on display amid new research
The Shroud of Turin went on display for a special TV appearance Saturday amid new research disputing claims it's a medieval fake and purporting to ...
Man held in Paris over sawed off elephant tusk
Authorities say a man has been arrested overnight for allegedly breaking into Paris' Museum of Natural History and cutting off a tusk from a ...
Ex-leader of Basque group ETA dies in France
A former leader of armed Basque separatist group ETA died Saturday in a French hospital where he was receiving treatment while serving a prison ...
Kosovo: Thousands stage anti-Serbia protest
Some 2,000 ethnic Albanians have protested in ethnically split town of Mitrovica against giving Serbs more powers in the ongoing talks between Kosovo ...
Pope's foot-wash a final straw for traditionalists
Pope Francis has won over many hearts and minds with his simple style and focus on serving the world's poorest, but he has devastated traditionalist ...
Pope prays at Good Friday rite recalling Mideast
Pope Francis praised the "friendship of so many Muslim brothers" during the Good Friday procession that re-enacts Jesus Christ's crucifixion and this ...
3 detainees freed in French terror probe
French prosecutors have announced the release of three people detained earlier this week as part of an investigation into the deadly terror attacks ...
Bulgaria will not push for Hezbollah blacklisting
Bulgaria says it won't initiate a push to declare Hezbollah a terror group after last summer's bombing that killed five Israeli tourists and a ...
Putin revives Soviet-era Hero of Labor award
President Vladimir Putin on Friday revived the Soviet-era Hero of Labor award, once again turning to the symbols of the Soviet Union to reach Russians ...
Putin attends military exercise in southern Russia
Thousands of Russian troops participated in a military exercise in the Black Sea on Friday, aimed at showcasing Russia's resurgent military might.
Latvia rescues 220 people stranded on ice floes
Latvia's rescue service says it has rescued more than 220 people who became stranded on large ice floes in two separate places in the Gulf of Riga.
Austrian police chase herd of cattle through town
Austrian police and firefighters have taken on the role of urban cowboys in a two-day round-up of a herd of cattle that broke out of a fenced-off ...