Europe

Tunisian ship rescues 100 Europe-bound migrants from dinghy

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TUNIS, Tunisia — A Tunisian navy frigate rescued 100 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa early Tuesday as their inflatable dinghy foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. ...

UK accused of reintroducing virus restrictions on the sly

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LONDON — The British government faced criticism Tuesday that it was introducing local lockdowns by stealth after it published new guidelines for eight areas...

Pope mourns Italy cable car dead, prays for ‘little Eitan’

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ROME — Pope Francis offered prayers Tuesday for “little Eitan,” the lone survivor of the cable car disaster in northern Italy that left 14...

Italy orders trial for 4 Egyptians accused in student death

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ROME — A Rome judge on Tuesday ordered four high-ranking members of Egypt’s security forces to stand trial for the abduction, torture and killing...

Polish, Czech leaders seek to resolve spat over coal mine

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WARSAW, Poland — Intensive talks were being held Tuesday between leaders of Poland and neighboring Czech Republic in an attempt to solve a years-long...

Report says UK Conservatives seen as insensitive to Muslims

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LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson helped create an impression that his Conservative Party is “insensitive” to Muslims with a newspaper column comparing veil-wearing...

Russian bill to bar Navalny allies from seeking office

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MOSCOW — Russian lawmakers on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill that bars members of groups designated as extremist from running for public...

French company to light Eiffel Tower with renewable hydrogen

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PARIS — The Eiffel Tower is set to be illuminated Tuesday using electricity produced from certified renewable hydrogen. ...

Germany: Large cocaine haul thrown in garbage bins

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BERLIN — Staff at a logistics company in Germany threw cocaine with a street value of up to 1 million euros ($1.2 million) in...

Venezuela asks Spain to extradite leading opposition figure

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MADRID — Venezuela has filed a request to get a prominent opposition activist extradited from Spain to complete the remaining 8 years of a...