Europe

France starts tense debate on sex life of disabled
A French regional government opened debate Monday on "the sexual life of the disabled" but backed off a push for sex surrogates amid unease about the ...
Denmark court convicts brothers of terror training
Two Danish brothers of Somali origin have been sentenced to three and a half years in prison each for the older brother's participation in a training ...
Russia: UN probe must focus on Syrian rebels
Russia says a U.N. probe into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria should focus exclusively on Syrian President Bashar Assad's claim of its ...
December US trial date in case of slain journalist
A Washington judge has set a December trial date for a German man charged with killing his elderly wife. Albrecht Muth was originally scheduled to ...
Backlash against French ruling upholding headscarf
Backlash is growing in France against a court ruling in favor of a Muslim employee of a private nursery school who was fired after she refused to take ...
Ukrainian capital grapples with snow, scandal
Residents of the Ukrainian capital suspect the city is trying to pull a fast one on them about its efforts to clean up from a paralyzing blizzard.
Assailants try to set fire to Cyprus bank branch
Cyprus' state-run news agency says a powerful firecracker went off inside a branch of the country's largest lender, the Bank of Cyprus. The Cyprus ...
AP PHOTOS: Images from Holy Week around the world
Pope Francis leans over to kiss a baby after celebrating his first Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square. Penitents in white robes and pointed white ...
3rd of 11 escapees nabbed by Greek police
Police in this central Greece city say they have caught a third prisoner who escaped along with 10 fellow inmates after gunmen attacked their holding ...
Erdogan: No quick restoration of ties with Israel
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested "normalization" of ties with Israel would take time, hinting that Turkey wanted to ensure the ...
New pope opens Holy Week at Vatican on Palm Sunday
Pope Francis celebrated his first Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, encouraging people to be humble and young at heart and promising to go to ...
Greece: 2 hurt, 11 escape in prison shooting
At least 11 inmates escaped from a Greek prison Friday night after gunmen brazenly attacked the site with grenades and automatic weapons, kicking off ...
France confirms death of Al-Qaida chief Abou Zeid
The death of a top al-Qaida-linked warlord in combat with French-led troops represents a victory in the battle against jihadists who had a ...
Israel says Syria reason for restoring Turkey ties
Concerns that Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons could reach militant groups bordering Israel and Turkey was the motivating factor in restoring ...
New bells are rung at Notre Dame cathedral
Thousands have gathered outside Notre Dame Cathedral to hear the inaugural ringing of nine gargantuan new bells at the Paris landmark. The bells, the ...
Spain police involved in 2 large cocaine raids
Spanish, Portuguese and British police boarded a ship loaded with nearly two tons of cocaine destined for sale in Europe and arrested nine people, the ...
Pope Francis tells Benedict: 'We're brothers'
The two men in white embraced and showed one another the deference owed a pope in ways that surely turned Vatican protocol upside down: A reigning ...
Egypt officials negotiating to free 2 tourists
Egyptian intelligence officials say they are negotiating with Bedouin gunmen to free two tourists kidnapped along a main road in the south of Egypt's ...
Norway mass murderer wants to attend mom's funeral
Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has said he would like to attend the funeral of his mother, his lawyer said Saturday. Breivik and his ...
Belgian convicted in 4 deaths _ 2 of them babies
A 24-year-old Belgian man was convicted Friday and sentenced to life in prison for four murders, including the slashing deaths of two babies at a day ...
Hunger strike hinders DC murder trial plans
The already-bizarre criminal case of a slain German socialite and journalist has been brought to a virtual standstill by her husband's refusal to eat, ...
3 dead, including suspect, in Marine base shooting
A Marine who worked at a rigorous school that tests Marines who want to become officers fatally shot two of his colleagues before killing himself in ...
WADA seeks harsh punishment for Puerto defendants
The lawyer for the World Anti-Doping Agency wants the judge presiding over the Operation Puerto trial on Friday to impose harsh punishments to set an ...
Reports: Kurdish rebels to heed call for peace
A senior Kurdish politician said Friday that the Kurdish rebels' armed struggle against Turkey was "99 percent over," a day after the rebel leader ...
Turkey arrests extremist wanted by Germany
An Islamic extremist wanted by Germany for allegedly calling for terrorist attacks on Europe has been arrested in Turkey and Berlin is negotiating his ...