DUBLIN – An Irish government plan to address population growth isn't an outline for "nation-destruction" that will bring in 1 million immigrants from Muslim countries, as claimed by several false stories circulating online. The plan to address growth doesn't specify…
PARIS – A third woman has filed a rape complaint against prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, jailed since last month on preliminary rape charges in France following two other women's allegations. The Paris prosecutor's office said Thursday it was studying…
LONDON – The leader of the Anglican church says Saudi Arabia's crown prince is committed to the flourishing of different faiths in his strict Sunni Muslim kingdom. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Thursday in…
British police announced Thursday that 21 people were being treated after a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent. Kier Pritchard, the acting chief constable of Wiltshire Police, said a "total of 21 people are…
UNITED NATIONS – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has opened an exhibition on Jerusalem to reinforce Israel's claim to the historic city as the Jewish people's "eternal capital" — and rebuke over 125 countries that support Palestinian claims to east…
ATHENS, Greece – Greek police have arrested six Pakistani men accused of a string of violent knifepoint robberies in parkland around the ancient Acropolis Hill in Athens, one of the country's top tourist attractions. The suspects were detained on Tuesday…
JERUSALEM – Israel's Supreme Court has ordered a woman accused of sex crimes in Australia to be kept in police custody in a medical facility while it considers moving her to house arrest. Australia wants 54-year-old Malka Leifer extradited for…
The Danish inventor accused of killing journalist Kim Wall during a trip on his private submarine shared details of her "grim" death at the start of the murder trial on Thursday, as a prosecutor told the court the lead suspect…
BERN, Switzerland – Authorities say that Switzerland and Qatar will increase cooperation in criminal investigations. Switzerland's federal justice department says that "these efforts are also in the interests of a clean Swiss financial center." The federal office said Thursday that…
LONDON – European Council President Donald Tusk has warned that there can't be progress toward a post-Brexit trade deal until the issue of the Irish border is resolved. Tusk says that until Britain presents a plan to keep the all-but-invisible…
THESSALONIKI, Greece – Greek police have arrested an 80-year-old driver who entered a highway the wrong way in the dark and drove briskly for 40 kilometers (25 miles), even knocking aside a patrol car that tried to stop him. Police…
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey's state-run news agency says a court has convicted a musician-turned-newspaper columnist of "knowingly and willingly" aiding the network led by U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen and sentenced him to three years in prison. Singer Atilla Tas,…
LONDON – Whoever attacked a former Russian spy with a rare nerve agent is guilty of a "brazen and reckless act," and Britain's government will act on it without hesitation when it becomes clear who is responsible, the minister in…
LONDON – London commuters have testified that they were left with singed hair and burns after a fireball tore through a subway carriage last year. Teenage Iraqi asylum-seeker Ahmed Hassan is accused of planting a bomb on the London Underground…
As U.S. and South Korean intelligence teams investigate the sincerity of Kim Jong Un's newfound willingness to engage in a denuclearization dialogue, they are also tracking reports the North Korean dictator is dealing with a variety of health issues. While…
JERUSALEM – Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews are blocking the main entrance to Jerusalem to protest the arrest of members of their community for refusing to register for the military draft. Israel has compulsory military service for most Jewish men, but…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The commissioner general of the Belgian Federal Police has been appointed as the new executive director of European Union law enforcement agency Europol. Catherine De Bolle was appointed Thursday, which is International Women's Day, by the…
A man suspected of swallowing drugs had his charges dropped after he did not go to the bathroom for 47 days while in custody. (iStock) British prosecutors have dropped drug charges against a suspect who refused to use the toilet…
A man suspected of swallowing drugs had his charges dropped after he did not go to the bathroom for 47 days while in custody. (iStock) British prosecutors have dropped drug charges against a suspect who refused to use the toilet…
MILAN – A Nigerian-born man elected senator for Italy's anti-migrant League is shrugging off criticism from Italian football player Mario Balotelli for representing a party long viewed as xenophobic. Tony Iwobi became Italy's first black senator in Sunday's parliamentary vote.…
A doctor in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta neighborhood is pleading for help from President Trump as reports emerge of yet more chemical attacks against civilians in the battle-torn country. His pleas come as the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad, in coordination…
BANGKOK – A new law makes criticism of Thailand's Constitutional Court punishable by imprisonment, giving extra protection to a body that in recent years has made controversial rulings altering the shape of governments. The unheralded law took effect when it…
Women across the world are marking International Women's Day with protests and marches. (AP Photo) MADRID – Women across Europe and Asia shouted their demands for equality, respect and empowerment Thursday to mark International Women's Day, with protesters in Spain…
LONDON – An ex-Russian spy and his daughter lie in critical condition in a British hospital — poisoned, authorities say, with a nerve agent in a targeted murder attempt. Sergei Skripal, a former Russian agent who confessed to spying for…