Catalans jeer Spanish king amid efforts to ease tensions
BARCELONA, Spain — Supporters of independence for Catalonia protested Sunday against a visit to its regional capital Barcelona by Spain’s King Felipe VI, as...
Turkey’s Erdogan takes first step in ‘crazy’ canal project
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday took the first step in the construction of a ship canal skirting Istanbul that the...
Big Pride parade in Paris; Turkish police stop marchers
ROME — Police in riot gear on Saturday blocked streets to try to thwart gay Pride marchers in Istanbul, while thousands turned out joyfully...
UK virus cases hit highest since Feb 5 amid ‘grab a jab’
LONDON — The U.K. on Saturday recorded its most new coronavirus infections since early February as the National Health Service ran a “grab a...
Vatican probes alleged abuse negligence by Polish cardinal
WARSAW, Poland — The Vatican’s embassy in Poland said Saturday that a Holy See envoy spent 10 days in the country checking reports of...
UK health minister resigns after breaching coronavirus rules
LONDON — U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock resigned Saturday, a day after apologizing for breaching social distancing rules with an aide with whom he...
German investigators seek motive in fatal knife attack
WUERZBURG, Germany — Investigators were looking Saturday for a motive behind an attack in the German city of Wuerzburg in which a man armed...
Biggest Northern Ireland unionist party endorses new leader
LONDON — Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party formally endorsed Jeffrey Donaldson as its new leader on Saturday, a position that will likely see him...
Jailed Belarus dissident, girlfriend moved to house arrest
KYIV, Ukraine — The dissident Belarusian journalist and his Russian girlfriend who were arrested after their airline flight was diverted to Minsk last month...
UK watchdog probes Amazon, Google for fake reviews of goods
LONDON — U.K. regulators said on Friday that they're investigating Google and Amazon over concerns the online giants aren't doing enough to stop fake...