Swiss lawmakers reject deal to end US tax spat
Switzerland's lower house of parliament pushed back strongly Tuesday against a government proposal to end a bitter dispute with U.S. authorities over ...
Trader charged in manipulation of Libor rate
Britain's Serious Fraud Office has charged a former trader with conspiracy to defraud in the rigging of a benchmark interest rate. The UK's official ...
Expert: Dying woman should have got Irish abortion
A miscarrying woman who died in an Irish hospital should have had her blood poisoning detected much sooner and been offered an abortion to improve her ...
Irish PM: Abortion activists send letters in blood
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny says anti-abortion activists in his predominantly Roman Catholic country are inundating his office with threatening ...
UK to start regulating e-cigarettes as medicines
Britain will start regulating electronic cigarettes and other products containing nicotine as medicines, according to the country's top regulator.
Dutch cafe owners on trial for selling weed
Owners and staff of three cannabis-selling cafes went on trial Wednesday in the southern Netherlands charged with selling weed to foreigners, in a ...
EU lawmakers attack US over snooping programs
European Union lawmakers took aim at the United States Tuesday for its recently revealed data snooping program, attacking Washington for treating its ...
Malta: Not enough evidence against EU health chief
Maltese police said Monday there's wasn't enough evidence to charge the former European Commissioner for health in the corruption scandal that forced ...
Cause of deadly Philly collapse sought; suit filed
The search for victims of a building collapse that killed six people wound down Thursday, and the first civil lawsuit was filed amid mounting ...
US phone-records monitoring ignites fresh debate
A leaked document has laid bare the monumental scope of the U.S. government's surveillance of Americans' phone records — hundreds of millions of calls ...
Israeli military plans social media clampdown
Some Israeli soldiers will soon be unfriending Facebook following a new crackdown on social media use, a move that will limit or ban outright use of ...
Iran presidential candidates debate freedoms
The eight candidates running in Iran's June 14 election for president took radically different stands on personal freedoms, women's rights and ...
EU slaps levies on Chinese solar panel imports
The European Union says it will impose anti-dumping levies on imports of Chinese solar panels, in a move that could trigger a trade war between two ...
Locked doors a sign of China work-safety failings
A fire breaks out in a Chinese factory, and panicked workers discover one exit after another is locked. That describes not only the poultry plant fire ...
Govt: Followed all procedures in AP subpoena fight
The Justice Department told Congress on Tuesday that the department acted properly and followed all legal procedures correctly in subpoenaing phone ...
Alarm grows as Iraqi forces fail to stem violence
Officials in Iraq are growing increasingly concerned over an unabated spike in violence that claimed at least another 33 lives on Thursday and is ...
Greek pistol-packing parliamentarians face review
A Greek extreme far-right lawmaker who wanted to travel with his licensed handgun on a domestic flight drew unwanted attention after the firearm ...
Switzerland takes step to end tax dispute with US
Switzerland said Wednesday it will allow its banks to skirt the country's strict client secrecy laws in order to end a long-running dispute with the ...
Sri Lanka investigating monk's self-immolation
Sri Lanka's government is investigating the death of a Buddhist monk who set himself on fire last week, saying journalists knew in advance of his ...
ECB's Draghi: 'Imperative' to set up new bank body
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said it was "imperative" that Europe's leaders create a new agency with powers to restructure busted ...
EU performs abrupt U-turn on olive oil regulation
The EU has something important to say about its proposal to regulate olive oil on restaurant tables: Uh, never mind. Last week, the European ...
Spanish region to seize first house from banks
Spain's southern Andalucia region has begun its first proceedings to seize confiscated houses from banks under a new anti-eviction law aimed at ...
Vatican releases 1st report of financial watchdog
The Vatican took another step Wednesday to show greater financial transparency by publishing the first annual report from its financial watchdog ...
Jordan: Arab Spring clears way for press freedoms
The Arab Spring uprisings that toppled four Arab leaders have forced Mideast governments to allow more freedom of expression and of the press, ...
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