Europe

UBS to pay $1.5 billion over interest rate rigging
The U.S. Justice Department says an international investment bank will pay more than $1.5 billion in penalties in three nations to resolve charges of ...
Macedonia's WWII veterans lament eviction
World War II veterans in Macedonia have protested in the country's capital, after the government evicted their association from a downtown building, ...
UK police investigating false claims allegation
Detectives are probing "very serious" allegations that a police officer fabricated claims against a U.K. lawmaker who was forced to quit a Cabinet ...
Polish bus driver convicted of murder of UK woman
A Polish man has been convicted of murdering a British woman and sentenced to 15 years in prison. The body of the 21-year-old woman was found in the ...
French judges keep Strauss-Kahn pimping charges
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's legal problems are not over. French judges decided Wednesday not to drop pimping charges against the former International ...
Doctor's arrest highlights unrest in Dagestan
The anesthesiologist was performing surgery when masked police burst into the hospital and arrested him, still wearing his medical clothes, leaving ...
Top Russian legislator cautions on adoption ban
Russia's lower house of parliament is taking up a controversial proposal to ban adoptions of Russian children by Americans. The State Duma will ...
UK sets out social media prosecution guidelines
British government prosecutors have set out new guidelines to make it harder to bring legal cases against people who send offensive messages on ...
Israel to face new condemnation for settlements
The Palestinians said Tuesday that all of the U.N. Security Council members except the United States will condemn Israel's recent announcements of new ...
Gate keeper dies of cardiac arrest at slalom race
Organizers of a men's World Cup slalom say that a gate keeper died from cardiac arrest while working at the night race on Tuesday. The race was ...
Buildings collapse in Sicily, killing 4 residents
Two adjacent apartment buildings collapsed in Palermo, Sicily, killing four residents and injuring 12, and prosecutors are investigating allegations ...
Russian FM against any ban on US adoptions
Russia's foreign minister on Tuesday strongly criticized a proposal in the country's parliament that would ban Americans from adopting Russian ...
Russia sends navy squadron to Mediterranean
A Russian navy squadron has set off for the Mediterranean amid official talk about a possible evacuation of Russians from Syria. The Defense Ministry ...
11 police hurt, 15 rioters arrested in N. Ireland
Northern Ireland police are appealing to Protestant militants to show some Christmas spirit and stop stirring street violence as part of a dispute ...
UK association admits illegal fox hunting
A hunting club has been fined for illegal fox hunting, seven years after it was made illegal in Britain. The Heythrop Hunt, based in Oxfordshire, ...
Bus crash in Croatia injures 37 people
Croatian authorities say a bus carrying Bosnian students has swerved off the road and overturned in central Croatia, injuring 37 people. They say the ...
Convicted Mafia boss has surgery in Italy
Convicted Cosa Nostra boss Bernardo Provenzano underwent brain surgery on Monday after injuring his head in a fall at a top-security Italian prison ...
Italian worker, 2 others abducted in Syria
Three workers at a Syrian steel plant, including an Italian, have been kidnapped, officials said Monday. Italy's foreign ministry did not say where ...
Judge, 3 family members are beheaded in Ukraine
Ukrainian police are investigating the grisly murder of a judge and three family members whose decapitated bodies were discovered over the weekend in ...
France eyes new UN resolution on Mali
France's defense minister said Monday he expects the U.N. Security Council to pass a resolution approving a multinational African force to help ...
NATO: Somali pirates seized no ships for 6 months
NATO officials say no ships have been hijacked off the Somali coast in the second half of this year, reflecting a sharp decrease in piracy along one ...
France: Alpine killings didn't target cyclist
A prosecutor is denying that a French cyclist was the target of a shooting in the Alps that left a British-Iraqi family dead, but says investigators ...
Poland acts on illegal immigrants' complaints
Living conditions and the treatment of illegal immigrants at Poland's detention centers will be improved, the interior minister said Monday.
Vatican hopes UN Palestinian vote brings peace
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has met with Pope Benedict XVI to thank him for supporting the recent U.N. resolution recognizing a ...
British police officer arrested in 'plebgate' leak
A British police officer has been arrested on suspicion of leaking information about an altercation between officers and a Cabinet minister near the ...