Stockholm - A Swedish prosecutor on Wednesday launched a preliminary investigation against the top candidate for the populist right-wing Sweden Democrats for the European Parliament. The...

Luxembourg - The European Union's General Court has dismissed a climate case against EU institutions brought by 10 families in Europe and other parts of the world, a court spokesman told dpa on...

Beirut - Lebanese police dispersed hundreds of anti-austerity protesters who attempted to storm the Lebanese Governmental House in downtown Beirut on Monday.   The protesters, mainly retired...

Hanover -By Friedemann Kohler, - The NATO military alliance must turn its attention to securing its own territory in addition to focusing on its foreign missions, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said...

Rome - Italy's government has been "paralysed" by infighting between coalition partners running rival campaigns for the European Parliament elections, a key cabinet member said in an interview...

Kabul - German Special Representative for Afghanistan Markus Potzel has met in Doha with the Taliban's deputy leader and co-founder, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the militant group said on Sunday....

Khartoum - Sudan's military council has said it will resume talks with members of the country's opposition on Sunday, paving the way for the two sides to iron out the final details of a power-sharing...

New York (tca/dpa) - A new probe reveals that Navy submarine sailors compiled a list of female crew members that ranked them according to their attractiveness level. The "rape list" comprised female...

Helsinki - By Lennart Simonsson and Peter Spinella, - Top diplomats from the Council of Europe, a human rights organization comprising almost all European states, met on Friday for a session expected...