Europe

Bus carrying Russians crashes in Belgium, 5 dead
A Polish bus carrying Russian youngsters crashed through the guardrails of a bridge and plunged 5 meters (16 feet) to a field below on Sunday, killing ...
Poland unveils giant statue of John Paul II
A giant statue of the late Pope John Paul II billed as the world's tallest has been unveiled in southern Poland. Archbishop Waclaw Depo unveiled the ...
2 arrested in Northern Ireland, IRA weapons seized
Northern Ireland police say they have arrested two men after they were caught moving suspected Irish Republican Army guns, ammunition and a pipe bomb ...
A list of papal advisers on Curia reform
Pope Francis on Saturday named eight cardinals to a panel that will help advise him running the church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, or Curia
Somali, Somaliland hold talks in Turkey
Turkey has hosted direct talks between the presidents of Somalia and the breakaway Somaliland region to encourage dialogue between the two.
US names Russians targeted for sanctions
The Treasury Department has announced sanctions against 18 Russians over human rights violations, but avoided some prominent officials whose inclusion ...
Ex-Credit Suisse exec pleads guilty in NYC
A former Credit Suisse executive has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in New York City after his extradition from the United Kingdom. U.S. citizen and ...
Irish nanny indicted for murder in child's death
An Irish nanny accused of killing a baby in her care was indicted on a murder charge Friday in the U.S. A grand jury in Massachusetts also accused ...
As protesters jeer, Hopi masks sell in Paris
In a chaotic auction repeatedly interrupted by protests, dozens of Native American tribal masks were sold Friday after a French court ignored the ...
Greece charges German with smuggling silver
A German man has been charged with trying to smuggle hundreds of pounds of silver out of Greece, part of a crackdown on the pawnbroker trade ...
Tears flow as 13 Serbian shooting victims buried
Mourners wailed and church bells tolled Friday in this Serbian village as hundreds came to bury 13 people shot dead by a man some called a quiet, ...
Unknown Greek group claims bomb attack
Police in Greece say an unknown militant group has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack near the ancient Acropolis last month against a prominent ...
Czechs arrest German in guns possession case
Czech police say they have arrested a 69-year-old man sought by Germany for allegedly building up a stash of weapons in his homes. Police say Uwe ...
Lithuanian woman shares home with 3 puma cubs
A Lithuanian woman says she has been raising three pumas in her three-room apartment after fearing for their lives at the local zoo. Rasa Veliute, a ...
Romania: thief steals car with kid in it
The dad forgot his car keys. The thief forgot to check the rear view mirror. These two mistakes led to what appears to have been the unintended ...
Russian official: Putin foe targeted for probe
The spokesman for Russia's chief investigative body says that a criminal probe of a Russian opposition leader was triggered by his fierce public ...
Russia to continue using Kazakhstan's space center
Brushing off reports that Russia may ditch its space base in Kazakhstan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow would continue to ...
2 arrested in UK for hate crime against 'emo'
British police say they have arrested two people over an assault on an "emo" teenage boy — the first to be recorded in the country as an alternative ...
French judge to rule if Hopi masks can be sold
Is there such a thing as too sacred to sell? That's the question a French judge could answer Friday in a potentially landmark decision in Paris on ...
Thousands of Danish teachers protest lockout
Thousands of teachers are protesting outside Denmark's Parliament to demand that schools reopen after they were shut in a labor dispute last week ...
Serb suspect in shooting rampage dies
The Serbian veteran suspected of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage and then turning the gun on himself and his wife died Thursday, hospital ...
Swedish police OK prayer calls from mosque
A mosque in suburban Stockholm could become the first in Sweden to sound prayer calls from its minaret after getting permission from police. A Turkish ...
France's top rabbi takes leave amid scandal
France's top rabbi announced Thursday he is taking leave from his post, hoping to end a scandal that has unsettled the Jewish community after he ...
Suspected Red Bull blackmailer arrested in Austria
Austrian police have arrested a man suspected of blackmailing Red Bull by threatening to place cans of its energy drink contaminated with feces on ...
US intelligence chief: Cyberterror leading threat
The top U.S. intelligence official says cyberterrorism is the leading worldwide threat to U.S. security. James Clapper is director of national ...