ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia open to Muslim worship on Friday after a top court ruled that the building’s conversion to a museum by modern
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New Zealand mosque shooter sentencing begins on Aug. 24
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The sentencing hearing for an Australian man accused of killing 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand’s worst mass shooting has been set to begin on Aug. 24,
Former French PM Fillon sentenced to jail for embezzling public funds
PARIS (Reuters) – A French court on Monday sentenced former Prime Minister Francois Fillon to five years in jail, three of them suspended, for embezzling public funds in a scandal
Danish far-right party leader sentenced to jail on racism and defamation
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The leader of Danish far-right party Stram Kurs, lawyer Rasmus Paludan, was disbarred from the legal profession and sentenced to three months in jail on Thursday after
Disorder in London leaves 15 officers injured, police say
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Thursday 15 officers were injured when disorder broke out following an unauthorised music event in the Brixton area of south London overnight. London
China's Li says EU is a partner, despite tensions
BRUSSELS/BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the European Union are more partners than competitors, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday, as the two sides held their first formal talks since
U.S. Senate votes to confirm McConnell protege to influential appeals court
(Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm a federal judge who is a protege of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to an influential appeals court in Washington.
EU leaders to support extending Russia economic sanctions, sources say
WARSAW/BERLIN (Reuters) – European Union leaders are expected on Friday to back extending the bloc’s main economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine until the end of January
G7 foreign ministers urge China not impose security law on Hong Kong
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The G7 foreign ministers issued a joint statement on Wednesday calling on China not to follow through with plans to impose national security legislation on Hong Kong.
Sweden drops probe into unsolved 1986 murder of PM Olof Palme
The chief prosecutor on the case says the probe was closed because the main suspect, Stig Engstrom, died in 2000. Sweden has dropped its investigation into the unsolved murder of