ZAGREB, Lajla Veselica - Croatian President Stipe Mesic on Friday named the country's first female prime minister-designate, who is to form a new government after the unexpected resignation of Ivo...

LONDON- Human rights group Amnesty International spoke out against a tough new Italian law against illegal immigration Friday, warning it could increase discrimination against groups like the Roma....

MUNICH, Ralf Isermann - Former Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, accused of herding 29,000 Jews to the gas chambers, is fit to be tried in what could be Germany's last major Nazi case,...

BRASILIA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will call on wealthy nations to moderate their demands on poor countries during next week's G8 summit in Italy, a presidential spokesman said...

NEW DELHI, Elizabeth Roche - A top Indian court issued a landmark ruling Thursday that decriminalised gay sex between consenting adults by declaring a colonial-era ban on homosexuality...

WASHINGTON- The White House said Thursday that North Korea's latest missile launches were the latest in a string of "provocative" acts. But the White House also said that broadly-backed...

LONDON- One of two British soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan this week was a commanding officer, the first senior official to die on operations since 1991, the Ministry of Defence said...

WASHINGTON- The US public may attend hearings on Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation to the US Supreme Court -- but not with weapons or clothing bearing profanity, the Senate Judiciary Committee...

WASHINGTON, Stephen Collinson - President Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed the withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi towns and cities as an "important milestone," but warned of difficult days of...