Europe

Thieves break into Paris' flagship Apple store
Masked and armed thieves used the New Year's Eve fete to rob the flagship Apple store in Paris. The French press reported that up to €1 million ($1.
Pope convinced of peace in 2013 despite world woes
Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday he is convinced that peace will prevail in 2013, despite the inequality, terrorism and "unregulated financial ...
Northern Ireland police arrest 2 men in bomb case
Police in Northern Ireland have arrested two men in connection with the attempted murder of a police officer in east Belfast. Police said Tuesday the ...
About 25 arrested in Moscow New Year's Eve protest
About 25 people reportedly have been arrested in Moscow on New Year's Eve for trying to hold an unsanctioned protest. The gathering at Triumphalnaya ...
France: Citizen in Venezuela faced arms charge
France's foreign ministry says a citizen expelled from Venezuela over the weekend had been held for more than three years for arms trafficking.
Poland probes corruption allegations by US firm
Prosecutors are investigating allegations that a U.S. medical equipment company offered bribes to hospital officials across the country in order to ...
Turkey considers chemical castration
A lawmaker says Turkey is again considering introducing chemical castration for people convicted of sexually abusing children. The Aksam newspaper on ...
Reports: Russia sends another naval ship to Syria
Russian news agencies say the navy is sending another ship to the Syrian port of Tartus, where Russia has a naval base. The reports Sunday by the ...
Official: Turkey talking to jailed Kurdish leader
Turkey is holding talks with the Kurdish rebels' jailed leader to press the autonomy-seeking guerrilla group to relinquish arms and end its ...
Black boxes examined in fatal Russian plane crash
Investigators on Sunday examined flight recorders and other evidence to try to determine the cause of the airliner crash in Moscow that killed five ...
Spanish police arrest 17 suspected pimps
Spain's Interior Ministry says police have arrested 17 people on suspicion of smuggling Nigerian women into Spain and forcing them into prostitution ...
4 dead in Moscow airliner crash
A passenger airliner careered off the runway at Russia's third-busiest airport and partly onto a highway while landing on Saturday, broke into pieces ...
Russian FM says Assad won't go
Russia's foreign minister said Saturday that Syrian President Bashar Assad has no intention of stepping down and it would be impossible to try to ...
Spaniard jailed in Cuba flies home to finish term
A Spaniard sentenced in Cuba to prison for the death of a prominent dissident arrived back in Spain on Saturday to serve the rest of his four-year ...
C. African Republic neighbors to send help
Central African Republic's neighbors agreed on Friday to dispatch a contingent of soldiers to intervene in the troubled country, where a coalition of ...
Curacao police arrest 7 in $11.5M gold bar heist
Police in the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao have arrested seven suspects in connection with the recent heist of 70 gold bars worth an estimated ...
Putin signs anti-US adoptions bill
President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a law banning Americans from adopting Russian children, abruptly terminating the prospects for more than 50 ...
New registry: Germans own 5.5M legal firearms
Germany's new national firearms registry shows there are 5.5 million guns in legal circulation in the country. That's an average of four weapons for ...
Official acquitted in Russian jail death case
The only official charged with the death of a Russian whistleblowing lawyer walked free on Friday after a Moscow court acquitted him of negligence, ...
Russia reaches out to Syrian coalition
Russia's foreign minister says Moscow has proposed talks with the main Syrian opposition coalition, despite Russia's previous criticism of Western ...
Report: Berlusconi to pay 2nd wife ?3M a month
An Italian newspaper has reported the details of the divorce settlement between ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi and his second wife Veronica Lario, ...
AP Exclusive: Documents raise doubts in Nazi probe
The case of an 87-year-old Philadelphia man accused by Germany of serving as an SS guard at Auschwitz has largely centered on whether he was stationed ...
Turkish journalist released from jail
A Turkish court on Thursday freed a prominent journalist from prison pending the outcome of a trial that has raised fears for press freedoms in ...
Spain: DNA tests for illegal immigrant children
Spain plans to take DNA samples from illegal immigrant children arriving in the country's North African enclave of Melilla to make sure the adults ...