Sunken Russian boat was overloaded, in need of repairs

A Russian riverboat was overloaded and in need of repairs when it sank in the Volga River with 208 people on board, officials said Monday as...

Cyprus munitions explosion kills 12

Two top officials in Cyprus resigned Monday after a massive explosion of munitions seized from an Iranian shipment to Syria killed at...

As British cellphone hacking scandal widens, Murdoch's bid for BSkyB hits new snag

Embattled media magnate Rupert Murdoch's bid for control of Britain's biggest satellite broadcaster ran into further trouble Monday, even as...

Russian riverboat sinks; 100 missing, feared dead

More than 100 people were missing and feared dead after the sudden sinking of a passenger cruiser on the Volga River on Sunday afternoon,...

Rupert Murdoch visits a London that's turned on him

He's been one of the most powerful forces in British politics for decades, even though he doesn't live here and can't vote in an election....

Georgian photographers charged with spying for Russia

The personal photographer for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and two others were charged Saturday with spying for Russia,...

British tabloid scandal envelops three pillars already stained

The British are no strangers to scandals involving their politicians, their police and their press. But after a series of recent troubles...

Royal couple begin Southland visit

The plane carrying Los Angeles' much-awaited guests was a few minutes late touching down Friday at Los Angeles International Airport.

News Corp. media properties give less play than others to British tabloid scandal

The deepening scandal surrounding the London tabloid News of the World is being covered very differently by the media outlets of News Corp....

News of the World shuts down amid hacking scandal

Facing a tide of outrage over rampant phone-hacking, Rupert Murdoch jettisoned the notorious News of the World tabloid in an effort to...

More accusations of cellphone hacking attempts raise heat on British tabloid

Lawmakers, advertisers and outraged citizens turned up the heat on British tabloid News of the World as more accusations surfaced...

Former Ukraine premier evicted from her trial

The abuse-of-power trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko slid into chaos Wednesday when the Western-leaning politician...

Phone hacking scandal involving kidnapped girl roils Britain

For months, Britain's scandal over scoop-hungry reporters hacking into the cellphones of celebrities and politicians drew shrugs from the...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces attempted-rape case in France

The Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal took a new twist Tuesday when a French writer filed a lawsuit in Paris accusing the former head of the...

Rights panel issues early report on Russian lawyer's prison death

He was chained to a cot, a lone prisoner in a small cell facing eight guards who beat him while a summoned ambulance crew was kept waiting...

Defiant Ratko Mladic is tossed out of court at war crimes hearing

War crimes suspect Ratko Mladic was thrown out of court Monday at The Hague after he shouted in protest and refused to hear the...

Judge lifts house arrest, bail for Strauss-Kahn

In a twist that could signal the collapse of a sexual assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a judge Friday lifted...

Monaco hosts its own royal wedding

Royal weddings are like London buses: You wait ages, and then two come along at the same time.

France abuzz with talk of comeback for Dominique Strauss-Kahn

In the space of just six weeks, Dominique Strauss-Kahn has gone through several metamorphoses in the eyes of his compatriots in France.

British government workers stage 24-hour strike

Hundreds of thousands of teachers, police workers, immigration officers and other government employees walked off the job Thursday across...