A look at Dijsselbloem, the new 'Mr Euro'
Two weeks ago, few people outside the Netherlands had heard of Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch politician instrumental in negotiating Cyprus' bailout.
Cyprus sends rumbles through shaky banking system
This week's deal to rescue Cyprus and its banks from financial collapse has renewed fears about Europe's shaky financial system and where trouble ...
Bolt to run 150-meter race at Copacabana beach
Usain Bolt will have Copacabana beach in the background when he tries to break his 150-meter world best in a street race this weekend in Rio de ...
Q&A: Europe's freezing Easter and global warming
Is it Easter or Christmas? Many Europeans would be forgiven for being confused by winter's icy grip on lands that should be thawing in springtime ...
Exhibit of Jews in Germany raises interest, ire
"Are there still Jews in Germany?" ''Are the Jews a chosen people?" Nearly 70 years after the Holocaust, there is no more sensitive an issue in German ...
Libyan official: 3 activists raped by militiamen
Three female British activists of Pakistani origin were raped by Libyan pro-government militiamen in the eastern city of Benghazi, after joining an ...
Austrian police chase herd of cattle through town
Austrian police and firefighters have taken on the role of urban cowboys in a two-day round-up of a herd of cattle that broke out of a fenced-off ...
Debate opens on sex life of France's disabled
Steven Coppens had already spent most of his lifetime battling illness before his autoimmune disease took yet another toll seven years ago, leaving ...
President urges Cyprus to 'share the burden'
Cyprus's president called on the country to "share the burden" of solving its financial crisis Friday as banks opened for normal business for the ...
Turkey, Israel to work out compensation
Turkey's deputy prime minister says Turkish and Israeli officials will meet next week to work out the amount of compensation to be paid to the victims ...
Cyprus looks to its past for economic reboot
As it grapples with the prospect of years of economic pain, Cyprus will try to draw strength from its not-so-distant experience of invasion — and the ...
Pope washes women's feet in break with church law
In his most significant break with tradition yet, Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of two young women at a juvenile detention center — a ...
France to tax companies 75 pct on $1.3M salaries
French President Francois Hollande may have finally found a way to tax the really rich: by making their companies pay. In a televised interview ...
Cypriots anxious as banks reopen with limits
Anxious Cypriots patiently waited in long lines to get at their accounts on Thursday after banks opened for the first time in nearly two weeks, ...
Italy's center-left leader fails to form govt
Italy remained in political gridlock Thursday after the center-left leader announced he had failed to form a government. Pier Luigi Bersani, who has ...
Mortar shells strike Damascus, killing at least 10
Mortar shells crashed into an outdoor cafe at Damascus University on Thursday, killing at least 10 students in the deadliest of a rising number of ...
Britain's domestic spy agency names new director
Britain's domestic spy agency has chosen a new director, a 50-year-old ornithologist with counter-terrorism experience in the Middle East and Northern ...
Pistorius allowed to leave SAfrica with conditions
Oscar Pistorius could compete at this year's world championships after a South African judge eased his bail restrictions and ruled Thursday that the ...
Italy's MontePaschi loses 3 billion euros in 2012
The troubled Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena on Thursday reported higher-than-expected losses of 3.17 billion euros ($4 billion) for 2012 as ...
Russia criticizes Arab League move on Syria
Russia on Thursday harshly criticized the Arab League's recognition of the Syrian opposition as the only representative of the country, saying it ...
Tom Stoppard pens Pink Floyd radio drama
He wrote a play called "Rock 'n' Roll," and now Tom Stoppard is returning to the topic with a radio drama inspired by Pink Floyd. The play marks the ...
Shot Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai writing book
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban as she returned home from school, is writing a book about the traumatic event ...
German migrant program offers cautions for US
In gritty backstreets of Berlin and other major German cities, housewives wearing head scarves shop for lamb and grape leaves. Old men pass the time ...
TV drama reopens debate over Germans' war guilt
With the wartime generation rapidly disappearing, a television drama about five young Germans in World War II has revived debate in Germany about the ...
Saddam-linked legal adviser jailed for fraud
A flamboyant but unqualified lawyer whose clients included deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in jail for fraud.
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