TIRANA, Albania – Albanian prosecutors say a mayor and 11 other officials have been arrested for illegally selling a beach area in the largest operation yet of its kind. A statement from prosecutors Friday said that Fran Frrokaj, the mayor…
SAO PAULO – Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is launching a book in which he says he is 'ready' to go to jail and serve a 12 year and one month sentence on corruption charges. The book…
Nikolai Glushkov, a Russian businessman living in London, was found dead in his home. Police have launched a murder invetigation. (Ki Price/The Times/Mega)) A murder investigation was launched Friday into yet another suspicious incident involving yet another Russian exile living in…
WARSAW, Poland – Polish agriculture authorities say a renowned Arabian horse show will be moved this year from its home in eastern Poland to Warsaw for ceremonies marking 100 years of the nation's independence. The show is traditionally held at…
VATICAN CITY – A Spanish migrant rescue group says its ship with 216 migrants is waiting to be let into a port in Italy after having a high-seas run-in with the Libyan coast guard during the rescue. Proactiva Open Arms…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters have rallied across Slovakia to demand an early election to resolve a political crisis set off by the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee. Protesters took to the streets…
Nikolai Glushkov, a Russian businessman living in London, was found dead in his home. Police have launched a murder invetigation. (Ki Price/The Times/Mega)) A murder investigation was launched Friday into yet another suspicious incident involving yet another Russian exile living in…
MOSCOW – Ukraine's parliament is considering a bill that would require lawmakers to check their guns at the entrance. News agency Ukrinform reported that Volodymyr Areshonkov, a deputy head of parliament's rules committee, said Friday the measure would oblige lawmakers…
LONDON – British police say they are treating the death of London-based Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov as a homicide, after a post-mortem revealed he died from compression to the neck. Glushkov was an associate of Boris Berezovsky, a Russian oligarch…
JERUSALEM – Israeli media is reporting that a Palestinian has rammed his vehicle into a group of people in the West Bank, killing two Israelis and wounding two others. Channel 10 TV and other media said Friday's incident appeared to…
MY LAI, Vietnam – Talk of peace dominated the 50th anniversary commemoration of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, but among the hundreds in the audience were survivors and a former U.S. Army photographer whose gruesome images galvanized anti-war opinion.…
GENEVA – A court in Switzerland has sentenced a 34-year-old youth soccer coach to life in prison for the brutal slayings of four people that shocked the country. Lenzburg's regional court convicted Swiss citizen Thomas N., whose surname wasn't released,…
JOHANNESBURG – The director of South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority says that former president Jacob Zuma will be prosecuted on 16 charges of corruption. Shaun Abrahams announced Friday that Zuma will face charges including fraud, corruption, racketeering and money laundering.…
MOSCOW – There are eight candidates in Sunday's Russian presidential election, including President Vladimir Putin. With his approval rating topping 80 percent and rivals trailing far behind, Putin is set to easily win a fourth term. Putin's most vocal critic,…
PARIS – France's anti-fraud body says it has uncovered a huge scam in which a merchant tried to sell more than 48 million liters (some 12.7 million gallons) of wine falsely labeled as Cotes-du-Rhone. The DGCRF said in its annual…
MADRID – Spain's capital is grappling with the aftermath of violent unrest following the death of an African street vendor who had been running away from police officers. The death, and the clashes between riot police and protesters that followed…
World leaders condemn Russia for spy attack U.S., Germany and France issue statement of solidarity, saying they agree with U.K. assessment that Russia was responsible for nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. It's “overwhelmingly…
CAIRO – The death of an Egyptian teenager in the UK has sparked outrage across Egypt, where officials have described the incident as "barbaric." Mariam Mustafa, an 18-year-old engineering student, was allegedly attacked on the street by a group in…
Street clashes erupted Thursday night in central Madrid after the death of a 35-year-old African vendor. (AP) A group of mostly migrant protesters clashed with police in Madrid Thursday and Friday, with demonstrators setting fire to trash bins and parked…
BERLIN – Germany's new interior minister said Friday he doesn't consider Islam to be a part of Germany, a position that puts him at odds with Chancellor Angela Merkel on the central question of migration. Horst Seehofer, the country's top…
WARSAW, Poland – Germany's new foreign minister arrived Friday in Poland for talks on the European Union's future and security and on the two neighbors' bilateral relations. Heiko Maas said before departing he wanted to make it clear that Germany…
LONDON – A British retailer has withdrawn a T-shirt from sale in its stores and online following complaints that its design could be associated with the Hillsborough soccer disaster. Topman had on sale a red shirt with a large "96"…
CAIRO – Thousands of Egyptian expatriates around the world are heading to polling stations to cast their ballots in the presidential election. Lasheen Ibrahim, head of the election commission, said the turnout Friday appears to be "good," without elaborating. Overseas…
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican said Friday it had convicted the suspended Guam archbishop, who was accused of sexually abusing minors, financial mismanagement and other charges, but didn't say exactly what crimes he had committed. A statement said only that…