Category: Europe

MADRID (AFP) – A Spanish court freed a serial rapist 17 years into his 30-year sentence under a European human rights ruling that also benefits terrorism convicts, officials said Friday....

BOSTON (AP) — Slain Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was named as a participant in an earlier triple homicide by a man who was subsequently shot to death while...

LONDON (AP) — A forgetful British bridegroom who made a hoax bomb threat rather than admit he'd neglected to book the venue for his wedding was sentenced Tuesday to a...

LONDON (AFP) – A Ukrainian student with a hatred of “non-whites” on Monday admitted murdering a Muslim grandfather and planting bombs near three British mosques. Pavlo Lapshyn, 25, pleaded guilty...

A Norwegian citizen may be at the heart of the terror attack that took place in Kenya's Westgate Mall last month, police in the Scandinavian nation have said.   Martin...

Severe fires erupted Thursday across areas surrounding Sydney, Australia, in what some officials are saying may be the most serious bushfire emergency to threaten the New South Wales region in...

The United Kingdom’s (UK) Milton Keynes Trading Standards department has commenced investigations into the controversy surrounding a Nigerian national, Dr. Tina Beloveth Powerful, who runs a university from a city...

Visa applications for Chinese visitors entering the UK will be simplified, Chancellor George Osborne has announced during his trade trip to China.   Under the plan, Chinese nationals visiting the...

A car bomb has exploded outside the Swedish consulate in Libya's second largest city of Benghazi, with no reported casualties, officials say.   The front of the building and nearby...

The Draconid meteor shower will sweep across U.S. skies early Monday evening just after sunset.   Although not among the showiest showers of the year, the Draconids stand out for...