All Europe
- France arrests suspect over planning of 'imminent' church attack
An Algerian man suspected of planning an attack on a church was detained on Sunday after he apparently shot himself by accident and called an ambulance. He was not named.
- Walled off: In non-rebel eastern Ukraine, frustrations with Kiev mount
No one in Russian-speaking Kharkiv wants to follow rebels into open revolt. But locals say Kiev has no idea how badly it's aggravating the region with its initiatives, including the 'Great Wall of Ukraine.'
- Hungary says FBI chief insensitive, superficial on Holocaust
FBI director James Comey has so far refused to apology for using language in a speech last week that suggested Poles and Hungarians were accomplices in the Holocaust.
- Deadly Mediterranean shipwreck spurs European U-turn on migrant crisis
The biggest shift in Europe's thinking: how it might reduce migration at the source by stabilizing countries like Libya.
- What happened when a pilot spilled coffee on Serbian president's plane?
A government jet carrying Serbia's president to Italy last week was forced to turn back when the co-pilot spilled coffee on the instrument panel.
- Auschwitz bookkeeper admits 'moral guilt' in trial
Oskar Groening is accused of assisting in the murder of 300,000 people at the Nazi camp although he did not kill anyone himself.
- Germany defies Turkey, calls Armenian massacre 'genocide'
Germany abruptly shifted its policy Monday from a steadfast refusal to use the term "genocide" to describe the massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces 100 years ago.
- Europe looks for solutions to drowning Mediterranean migrants
The death toll from Sunday's disaster off the coast of Libya was uncertain but is likely to be the highest in modern times among migrants trafficked across the Mediterranean. As many as 1,500 migrants have already died trying to cross the Mediterranean this year.
- France's ban on super-thin models: Who will it really help?
The ban, which moved a step closer to reality Tuesday, has been touted to reduce anorexia on the catwalk and improve women's self image. But those claims may only be true to a degree.
- UK election: All eyes on Scotland, as Labour scrambles for votes
The Scottish National Party could win up to 54 of 59 seats in Scotland in Britain's May 7 parliamentary election, dealing a major blow to the opposition Labour Party, polls suggest.
- Europe dithers in face of unprecedented wave of migrants
Hundreds of desperate migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean this week. The EU acknowledges it doesn't have a plan for the humanitarian catastrophe.
- Putin upbeat on Russian recovery, but doth he protest too much?
In a four-hour marathon call-in show, the Russian president focused heavily on the country's sanction-beset economy, which he claimed could return to growth within two years.
- Curbing the kleptocrats: Kiev chips away at its pervasive corruption
'We have a total kleptocratic state,' says Yegor Sobolev, Ukraine's lead anti-graft legislator. But he is cheerfully confident that 'we will win.'
- Putin defends Iranian missile decision on TV call-in show
The Russian president also discussed his country's current relationship with the West and the economy.
- The ExplainerWhy is Google in Europe's crosshairs? It's not just trustbusting.
Europe's antitrust case against Google is not just about monopolies. It's also the result of cultural divides between Europe and the US.
- Ukraine hits 'dead end' as lasting peace deal eludes leaders
The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine on Monday called for incremental steps to de-escalate the fighting in eastern Ukraine. But the two sides have yet to agree on a long-term political settlement.
- Do Ukraine's new nationalist laws justify Kremlin's criticism?
Kiev has passed new laws that outlaw communist symbols and honor Ukrainian nationalists connected to Nazis and ethnic cleansing during World War II. Experts say the timing could not be worse.
- French far-right leader emerges stronger after facing down her father
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of the National Front, announced today he would not run in regional elections. Marine Le Pen, his daughter and party leader, took him to task over anti-Semitic comments last week.
- Russia lifts ban to deliver missiles to Iran
Back in 2010, Russia linked its decision to freeze the missiles' delivery to the sanctions the United Nations Security Council imposed on Iran over its nuclear program.
- A Russian rival to McDonald's? New chain aims at the arches.
A pair of Russian film-director brothers are proposing a new fast food restaurant to challenge Western chains like McDonald's in sanctions-beset Russia.