German man, 88, charged in 1944 Nazi massacre in France

German authorities have charged an 88-year-old man from Cologne with hundreds of counts of murder and accessory to murder in a 1944 Nazi...

Inquest in Britain clears police in killing that triggered riots

LONDON – Fury from family and supporters greeted an inquest jury’s finding Wednesday that police acted lawfully when they shot...

U.S. Air Force helicopter crashes on Britain's eastern coast; 4 dead

LONDON -- A U.S. Air Force helicopter on a training mission out of an eastern British base crashed in a bird sanctuary Tuesday night,...

Turkish government sacks 350 police carrying out corruption probe

A power struggle between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and an exiled Muslim cleric sharpened Tuesday with the government...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel injured skiing, cancels Poland trip

German Chancellor Angela Merkel fractured a pelvic bone during a cross-country skiing accident over the holidays and will have to cancel...

For gays in Italy, rights and acceptance are still elusive

ROME — Under the fleeting light of an autumn half-moon, an Italian medical student made his way to the top of a modern high-rise in...

Vatican says pope's comments on gay couples don't mark policy change

ROME -- Pope Francis has taken another step toward making the Catholic Church more inclusive by telling priests to rethink how they reach...

A flashy funeral for 'Great Train' robber Ronnie Biggs

LONDON -- Ronnie Biggs, the British criminal who won worldwide fame as a member of the gang that committed the “Great Train Robbery&...

Czech police probing fatal explosion find arms at Palestinian Embassy

Czech police investigating the fatal New Year's Day explosion at the Palestinian Authority Embassy in Prague found unregistered weapons at...

Putin arrives in Sochi to inspect Olympic venues, test ski slope

MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Friday in Sochi, where he intends to inspect the venues for the upcoming Winter...

Palestinian envoy in Prague killed by blast after he opens old safe

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The newly appointed Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic died Wednesday shortly after he was injured by an...

Roman aqueduct volunteers tap into history beneath their feet

ROME — In a verdant valley east of Rome, Fabrizio Baldi admires a forgotten stretch of a two-tier Roman aqueduct, a stunning example...

Latvia joins Eurozone with New Year's fanfare but little joy

Latvia became the 18th country to make the European Union's euro its currency when fireworks exploded over Riga and church bells tolled in...

Both sides in Iranian talks see progress toward implementing deal

WASHINGTON – Iranian and European officials said Tuesday that technical talks required to implement a preliminary nuclear deal have...

Russia's Putin vows 'destruction' of terrorists as Olympics near

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed in his New Year's address to fight terrorists "until their total destruction," his first public...

Russia bombings: Close enough to Sochi Olympics for terrorists' aims

With a little more than 400 miles between them, Volgograd is as far from the southern Russian resort of Sochi as Los Angeles is from Lake...

Second bombing in Russia raises fears before Olympics

MOSCOW — At least 14 people were killed and 28 injured Monday in the second suspected suicide bombing in the southern Russian city...

Two deadly suicide bombs in two days stun Russian city

MOSCOW -- At least 14 people were killed and 28 injured Monday morning by a suspected suicide bomb attack on a crowded trolley bus in the...

Russian city hit by second bombing in two days; at least 10 dead

MOSCOW (AP) — An explosion on a trolleybus in the city of Volgograd left 10 people dead Monday, a day after a suicide bombing that...

Suicide bomber kills at least 15 at southern Russian train station

MOSCOW — A suicide bomber detonated explosives at the entrance to a railway station in Volgograd, an industrial city in southern...