Organizers: Med Games 'unaffected' by protests
This month's Mediterranean Games in Turkey will be "unaffected" by the anti-government protests sweeping the country, organizers said Monday.
Harsher sentence sought for Tunisian feminist
A lawyer says a prosecutor has appealed a sentence that a court gave to a Tunisian feminist for possessing pepper spray as not harsh enough.
Reports: 11-year term for Kuwait woman over tweets
Kuwait opposition groups say a woman has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after convictions that include insulting the Gulf nation's ruler and ...
Iran: Bushehr nuclear plant has generator problem
Iran's Russian-built nuclear power plant has had an electric generator malfunction, an Iranian official said Monday. The flaw at the Bushehr plant ...
Czechs, US to enhance nuclear energy cooperation
The Czech government says it will sign an agreement with the United States to establish a joint center for civil nuclear cooperation. Czech Education ...
2 out of 3 people face hunger as Haiti woes mount
The hardship of hunger abounds amid the stone homes and teepee-like huts in the mountains along Haiti's southern coast. The hair on broomstick-thin ...
Afghan Taliban boldly attack on Kabul airport
Seven Taliban fighters with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns launched a rare assault on NATO's operational headquarters at the military ...
Swollen Elbe River breaches new levee in Germany
The swollen Elbe River breached another levee early Monday on its relentless march toward the North Sea, forcing German authorities to evacuate 10 ...
90 Finnish police, officials charged with snooping
Finland's top prosecutor has charged 90 police officers and other officials with snooping into files on a former Olympic cross-country skiing champion ...
Pakistan president to new leaders: Stop militancy
Pakistan's president, in what will likely be his last major speech to parliament, urged the new government on Monday to keep up the fight against ...
Victims of Saddam-era gas attack seek French probe
Twenty victims of Saddam Hussein's 1988 chemical weapons attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja, requested a judicial investigation of French suppliers ...
Court: Judges can't use new guidelines on old case
The Supreme Court says judges can't use newer sentencing guidelines on an old case. The justices ruled 5-4 for Marvin Peugh, who was convicted of five ...
ECB defends bond program before German hearing
A top European Central Bank official has warned that a German court judgment against the bank's program to buy the bonds of troubled economies could ...
France Telecom CEO questioned in corruption case
The chief executive of France Telecom-Orange is being held for questioning in a corruption case that has also involved International Monetary Fund ...
6 jailed in UK for plot to attack far-right rally
Six British men inspired by Islamic extremist material were sentenced Monday to almost 20 years in prison each for plotting a bomb and gun attack on ...
Helen Mirren talks royalty and 'Doctor Who'
Helen Mirren is a star of stage and screen — and now stage on-screen. Mirren's award-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audience" will ...
France warns of mass disruption in airport strikes
France's main airports are asking airlines to cut their flight timetables in half ahead of three days of strikes by air traffic controllers that begin ...
Guinea's opposition may agree to election
After weeks of violent clashes, Guinea's ruling party and opposition succeeded in drafting a framework which might allow the country to move forward ...
IEA: Energy emissions rose to record high in 2012
The world's energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose 1.4 percent in 2012 to a record high of 31.6 billion tons, even though the U.S. posted its ...
Bosnia anti-govt protests stretch into second week
Anti-government protests in Bosnia have stretched into a second week, with hundreds of people marching through Sarajevo streets to parliament. It all ...
Israel's Delek interested in Cyprus' gas facility
Cyprus' Energy Minister says Israeli energy firm Delek is looking to take part in the development of a gas processing facility on the island — a major ...
Retrial of Egypt's Mubarak adjourned to July 6
A Cairo court adjourned to July 6 the retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak over charges of corruption and involvement in the killing of ...
Dutch central bank says deficit set to worsen
The Netherlands' central bank is warning that unless the Dutch government cuts spending, the country's budget deficit will widen from 3.5 percent of ...
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