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Spain says army sergeant dies in Afghanistan blast
The Spanish government says an army bomb disposal expert has died in an explosion in Afghanistan. Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria ...
France: ready to stop advance of Mali rebels
President Francois Hollande said Friday that France will be ready to intervene to stop al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali who have been moving toward ...
1 injured in Croatia bomb blast
Police say a powerful bomb explosion at a bus station in Croatia's capital Zagreb has lightly injured one person. The explosion occurred shortly after ...
Austrian court finds 3 guilty of glorifying Nazism
An Austrian court has convicted a leading neo-Nazi and two accomplices of glorifying Nazism through a website and sentenced them to prison terms of ...
3 Kurds killed in Paris; political motive claimed
Three Kurdish activists, including reportedly one of the founding members of a militant separatist group, were shot dead in what authorities called ...
Spaniard in Cuba death may get work release
A Spanish man involved in a traffic crash in Cuba that killed a prominent dissident may be allowed to serve out his four-year sentence in his country ...
Report: Pilot dies in German helicopter crash
A helicopter has crashed on a busy highway in southwest Germany, killing the pilot. German news agency DPA has reported the private helicopter likely ...
US: Arms dealer's associate arrested in Australia
An associate of a notorious Russian arms dealer was arrested in Australia and charged with conspiring to buy planes so that weapons could be ...
New Russian nuclear submarine enters service
The Russian navy on Thursday hoisted its flag on a new nuclear powered submarine intended to form a key part of the country's future nuclear deterrent
Man in Sweden paid to watch child sex abuse online
A court in southern Sweden has convicted a man of ordering online sex shows involving very young Filipino girls and sentenced him to eight years in ...
ICC prosecutors: Kenya trials will take months
International Criminal Court prosecutors plan to call dozens of witnesses to build their cases against four prominent Kenyans charged with involvement ...
2 trains collide in Switzerland, 17 injured
Two passenger trains collided Thursday morning near a station in northern Switzerland, injuring 17 people, police said. The accident near Neuhausen ...
3 Kurdish women shot dead at Paris office
Police say three Kurdish women have been shot dead at a pro-Kurdish center in Paris in what the French interior minister is calling an execution.
Britain to ask extradition of ex-Caribbean leader
Britain is preparing a formal extradition request to Brazil for the jailed former premier of Turks & Caicos Islands, a British Caribbean territory.
Briton gets 33 months for weapons-to-Iran plot
A U.S. judge sentenced a British businessman to nearly three years in prison Wednesday for trying to buy surface-to-air missile parts from undercover ...
Berlusconi rips magistrates over divorce deal
Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi has infuriated Italy's legal establishment by blasting a group of female magistrates as "feminist" and "communist" ...
Sweden seeks 2 Britons for smuggling garlic
Swedish prosecutors have issued international arrest warrants for two Britons suspected of masterminding a smuggling ring involving Chinese garlic.
Italy hopes for rapid conclusion to marine case
Italy's foreign minister says two marines being held in India since February for the deaths of two fishermen exhibited "great personal credibility" ...
Zorb ride in Russian mountains proves deadly
It was supposed to be a thrilling ride down a ski slope inside a giant inflatable ball that is to be one of the symbols of next year's Winter ...
Italy: police arrest driver in fatal sled accident
Italian police have arrested the driver of the snowmobile that crashed into a ravine during a nighttime outing on a steep ski slope, killing six ...
German church drops researcher's abuse probe
Germany's Roman Catholic Church said Wednesday it has called off an independent institute's investigation into sexual abuse by clergy over several ...
Court to rule on request to release Romanian ex-PM
A court will rule on a petition for the early release of former Romanian prime minister Adrian Nastase who sensationally shot himself after being ...
Greece: Police detain 80 in squat protest
Greek police used special forces to end a standoff at a squat in central Athens on Wednesday, while protesters in response briefly occupied the ...
Briton to be sentenced in weapons-to-Iran plot
A U.S. judge is expected to sentence a British businessman who pleaded guilty to trying to buy missile parts and resell them to Iran.
Italy: 4 sailors kidnapped off Nigeria freed
Italy's foreign minister says three Italian shipmen and one Ukrainian kidnapped Dec. 23 off Nigeria's coast have been freed. Minister Giulio Terzi ...