BIALYSTOK, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of residents turned out in eastern Poland on Tuesday to greet a convoy of U.S. troops that is driving through eastern Europe, a region worried that the conflict in Ukraine threatens its security.
ROME (AP) — Italy’s high court took up the appeal of Amanda Knox’s murder conviction Wednesday, considering the fate of the “very worried” American and her Italian former boyfriend in the brutal 2007 murder of Knox’s British roommate. Dozens of
As of Wednesday, Germanwings had not issued a complete list of the nationalities of the 150 people aboard the plane that crashed in France Tuesday. Here’s a look at what is known about the nationalities from the company and from
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister has secured a majority of backers in the new parliament and will now be tasked with forming the next government. Israel’s ceremonial president, Reuven Rivlin, was meeting Monday with the parties in parliament to
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s leader says the hunt is on for a third attacker in the deadly assault on the Bardo musum. President Beji Caid Essebsi says the attack involved “three aggressors” and the third man escaped. Essebsi spoke
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s mostly ceremonial president says it must begin a “healing process” after a stormy election campaign. Reuven Rivlin was meeting Sunday with the parties in parliament to hear their recommendations before deciding who will form the next
BERLIN (AP) — It was 1943 and the Nazis were deporting Greece’s Jews to death camps in Poland. Hitler’s genocidal accountants reserved a chilling twist: The Jews had to pay their train fare. The bill for 58,585 Jews sent to
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A disgraced Scottish prelate who admitted to sexual misdeeds has resigned from his cardinal’s post. The Vatican said Friday Pope Francis accepted 77-year-old Keith O’Brien’s resignation from “the rights and privileges of a cardinal.” In 2013,
The terror attack in Tunisia that killed 21 people is a fresh blow to the North African nation’s tourism industry, which has been struggling ever since the country’s revolution of 2011. Cruise companies have been quick to cancel stops in
LONDON (AP) — A jury has acquitted four senior journalists at the Rupert Murdoch-owned Sun of bribing officials for tips, including information about Prince William and his brother Harry at Sandhurst military academy. Chief reporter John Kay, royal correspondent Duncan
BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine urged the European Union on Thursday to stay united in keeping up sanctions pressure on Russia over the conflict in eastern Ukraine, as EU leaders gathered for a two-day summit. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says his government will honor an election promise to end budget austerity, a note of defiance ahead of an expected meeting with the leaders of Germany and France on the country’s
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — At least four police cars were set alight and two officers injured Wednesday as authorities confronted anti-austerity protesters trying to blockade the inauguration ceremony for the European Central Bank’s new headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. Police said
PARIS (AP) — France is limiting cash payments to 1,000 euros ($1,063) and requiring reporting for bank deposits of more than 10,000 euros ($10,635) in an effort to combat the financing of terrorism. Finance Minister Michel Sapin said Wednesday the
LONDON (AP) — A toxic mix of misuse of power and official silence has become Britain’s shame as the country faces up to a growing web of evidence that the abuse of vulnerable children by powerful men was covered up
DUBLIN (AP) — Landmark buildings across Ireland and the world have been floodlit green for on St. Patrick’s Day as global celebrations of the Emerald Isle’s patron saint are culminating in parades and celebrations in Dublin, New York and other
LONDON (AP) — The leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party has ruled out forming a coalition government with the separatist Scottish National Party after May’s national election. Ed Miliband said Monday that such an arrangement “will not happen.” The
LONDON (AP) — The BBC has launched an investigation into “Top Gear” host Jeremy Clarkson’s alleged “fracas” with a producer, trying to establish the facts of the incident before deciding its next move. The popular TV presenter has been suspended
ST.PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has resurfaced and is looking healthy after a 10-day absence from public view. The 62-year-old Russian leader was last seen in public on March 5, when he hosted Italian Prime Minister Matteo
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s Interior Minister says military operations to recapture the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit have temporarily paused to allow civilians left in Saddam Hussein’s hometown to leave. Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban says the offensive, which began early this
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli election candidates are making their final appeal to voters on the eve of the polls. Monday is the last day of campaigning in an election that will determine whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can secure another
LONDON (AP) — Turkish authorities have detained three male teenagers who left Britain planning to travel to Syria, British police said Sunday. The trio is believed to be the latest in a growing number of Britons trying to travel to
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Suicide bombers exploded themselves near two churches in the eastern city of Lahore on Sunday as worshippers were gathered inside, killing 14 people, officials said, in the latest attack against religious minorities in the country. In
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — It’s Saturday morning at Sha’are Shalom, but there aren’t enough Jews gathered in the dim light of Jamaica’s only synagogue to conduct a formal prayer service. An American tourist watches near the entrance of the historic
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Ikea, the world’s largest furniture retailer, says it is halting its online magazine in Russia out of fears it violates the country’s law banning promotion of same-sex gay values to minors. The Swedish retailer says its
