
Budapest prepares for floods as Danube waters rise
The crest of the flood-swollen Danube River surged toward the Hungarian capital of Budapest on Friday, while communities along the Elbe in Germany ...

Skinheads questioned in deadly Paris brawl
For years they operated in the shadows, but militant extreme-right groups have become increasingly visible in France. Since the death of a university ...

IOC gripped by election frenzy, sports politics
As Jacques Rogge called the executive board meeting to order, signs of change were staring him right in the face. Four of the six candidates vying to ...

Global markets rise after US jobs report
Stock markets rose on Friday after a U.S. jobs report suggested the Federal Reserve is likely to keep its stimulus program going for now. The Labor ...

UK's Prince Philip undergoes surgery
Britain's Prince Philip is progressing "satisfactorily" after undergoing exploratory abdominal surgery, Buckingham Palace said Friday. Philip, 91, was ...

Sweden's Princess Madeleine to wed New York banker
Three years ago she crossed the Atlantic with a broken heart. Now Sweden's "party princess" returns from New York to Stockholm to tie the knot with ...
EU's top economic official lashes out at IMF
The man in charge of the European Union's rescues of its debt-crippled countries has slammed the International Monetary Fund's criticism of the Greek ...

EU tries to keep close eye on fighters in Syria
European Union nations pledged Friday to step up cooperation in an effort to keep the more than 600 EU citizens now fighting in Syria from veering ...
Russian whistleblower death in UK 'not suspicious'
British police said Friday there were no suspicious circumstances in the death of a Russian whistleblower who was a key witness against Russian ...

Paper: UK government getting US spy agency's data
The U.K. has been secretly gathering communications data from American Internet giants with the help of fellow spooks at the U.S. National Security ...

Berlin police break up topless protest
Three topless protesters from feminist protest group Femen were dragged by police from outside the German chancellery Friday where they were pleading ...

Tough times fill Williams' French Open history
For a decade, the French Open has presented more problems for Serena Williams than any of the other Grand Slam tournaments. Her collection of 15 major ...
AP Interview: Sabra: Syria war becoming sectarian
The leader of Syria's main opposition group on Friday warned that the involvement of Hezbollah is transforming the war in Syria into a sectarian ...

UN: Syria refugees could reach 3.5M this year
The number of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries could more than double to 3.5 million by the end of the year, the United Nations said Friday ...
Portugal's parliament approves new spending cuts
Portugal's two coalition government parties have used their parliamentary majority to pass 2013 state budget amendments contested by the opposition, ...

French ex-prime minister Pierre Mauroy dead at 84
Pierre Mauroy, who as France's prime minister in the early 1980s implemented radical social reforms that made life easier for French workers, has died ...

Club of rich, powerful meet in secret near London
It's a busy weekend at the luxury Grove Hotel, favored haunt of British soccer players and their glitz-loving spouses. More than 100 of the world's ...

Woman in "bunga bunga" scandal loved Berlusconi
The former Italian dental hygienist charged with recruiting prostitutes to attend Silvio Berlusconi's infamous "bunga bunga" parties told a court ...

Francis gets personal: 'I didn't want to be pope'
Pope Francis has revealed that he never wanted to be pope and that he's living in the Vatican hotel for his "psychiatric" health. Francis got very ...
German economy recovering after weak patch
Germany's central bank on Friday lowered its growth forecast for this year but said a recovery had already started, as evidenced by a rise in export ...
Barca clears Messi to play in World Cup qualifier
Lionel Messi has been cleared by Barcelona's team doctors to play in Argentina's World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Ecuador. Messi pulled his ...
IOC declares 6-man race for presidency
It's officially a six-man race to succeed Jacques Rogge as International Olympic Committee president. The deadline closed Friday without any new ...

Algeria stalled 40 days into president's absence
Forty days after Algeria's president was hospitalized, the country is stuck in limbo with its normally predictable politics thrown into disarray.

Israeli power couple links politics with the press
He's a powerful Cabinet minister and a potential heir to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She's an influential anchor for Israel's state-run TV ...

France studies how to track arms for Syrian rebels
France's government is investigating high-tech methods to prevent terrorists from using any weapons that Western governments send to Syrian rebels, ...