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Convicted UK grandmother to appeal death sentence
A court official says a convicted British grandmother will appeal the death sentence she received from an Indonesian court for smuggling cocaine worth ...
US fighter jet missing on training mission
U.S. and Italian aircraft on Monday searched the Adriatic Sea after losing contact with a U.S. fighter jet during a training mission off the coast of ...
Last jailed member of Greek dictatorship is dead
Nikolaos Dertilis, the last jailed member of the military dictatorship that ruled Greece from 1967-74, has died. He was 94. Dertilis had been ...
Italian court: Missile caused 1980 plane crash
Italy's top criminal court has ruled there is "abundantly" clear evidence that a stray missile caused an Italian passenger jet to crash into the ...
Russia tries whistleblower, despite his death
Russia is preparing to put lawyer Sergei Magnitsky on trial, even though he died in 2009, an unusual twist in a case that has become a byword for ...
After 7 years, trial starts in Puerto doping case
The first day of Spain's long-awaited Operation Puerto trial ended without any new revelations about doping in cycling on Monday, as the presiding ...
Probe sought over Berlusconi's praise of Mussolini
An Italian political candidate has asked prosecutors to investigate former Premier Silvio Berlusconi for allegedly defending fascism after the media ...
The dead aren't always excused from trial
Sergei Magnitsky died more than three years ago in a Russian jail but authorities are moving to put him on trial in a Russian court.
Istanbul police try to trace missing US woman
Police in Istanbul were scanning security camera footage Monday to try to trace a New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in the ...
5 more sailors rescued from sunken Russian ship
Five more sailors were rescued Monday from a Russian crab boat that capsized in the Sea of Japan with a crew of 30 Russians and Indonesians on board, ...
Swiss Jews fault president on Holocaust statement
Swiss Jewish groups are faulting the country's president for failing to address the neutral country's failings during World War II in a statement ...
UN official urges Spain to tackle racism
The U.N. expert on racism is urging Spain to take greater steps toward eliminating racist and discriminatory practices against migrants. U.N.
Berlusconi defends Mussolini for backing Hitler
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi praised Benito Mussolini for "having done good" despite the Fascist dictator's anti-Jewish laws, immediately ...
UK lawmaker: Short skirts, high heels risk rape
A British lawmaker's suggestion that young women who wear high heels and short skirts put themselves at greater risk of rape has drawn widespread ...
Holocaust victims mourned at Auschwitz and beyond
Holocaust survivors, politicians, religious leaders and others marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday with solemn prayers and the ...
Russian fishing ship capsizes, 20 sailors missing
A Russian fishing vessel has capsized in the Sea of Japan, and emergency officials say 20 Russian and Indonesian crew members are missing. The far ...
Bus crashes in eastern Portugal; 10 dead, 33 hurt
A bus crashed and fell into a ravine near the eastern Portuguese town of Serta, killing 11 people and injuring 32, officials said Sunday.
Report: UN doc links Britons to Somalia kidnapping
The Times of London says a secret section of a United Nations report has linked British citizens with Somali piracy. The newspaper says that a 2012 ...
Kosovo Albanians protest in capital
Ethnic Albanians are protesting in Kosovo's capital to show support for their ethnic kin in Serbia's tense southern sector. The protesters chanted ...
Norway's 4th missing hostage is dead in Algeria
The Norwegian energy company Statoil says a fourth Norwegian employee missing after a terror attack on a natural gas plant in Algeria has been ...
Officials: 10 workers die in Russia building fire
A fire ripped through a new Moscow building's underground parking lot on Saturday, killing 10 migrant workers and injuring 13 others who had been ...
Dozens detained in Azerbaijan protest
Dozens of demonstrators in Azerbaijan's capital were detained by police while attempting to hold an unsanctioned rally in support of protests this ...
Italian tourist arrested for refusing to pay bill
An Italian tourist who was accused of refusing to pay a tab at an upscale steakhouse said Friday that he had forgotten his wallet and didn't have ...
US ends civil society dialogue with Russia
The Obama administration said Friday it was pulling out of a civil society dialogue with Russia to protest the Kremlin's crackdown on dissent and new ...
France tells citizens to avoid Libya's Benghazi
France has added itself to the list of countries telling their citizens to avoid the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. But the message from Paris, ...