Authorities in Greece say arson is suspected to have been the cause of a fire at a luxury hotel in Athens that left three people hospitalized and had the fire department scrambling to evacuate guests and staff
Greece has ordered the expulsion of the Libyan ambassador
Prosecutors say a Nigerian man suspected of hijacking a freight ship has been handed over to Dutch authorities and ordered jailed for two weeks while investigations continue
Lebanon's outgoing prime minister has called on several Arab and world leaders to help his country's embattled economy
Officials say a gas explosion in an apartment block in Slovakia has killed at least five people and others are trapped on the roof of the building as it burns
One of the new leaders of Germany's junior governing party says it is giving Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition a “realistic chance” of survival
Dozens of protesters have briefly besieged the office of a well-known independent newspaper in Islamabad, chanting slogans against the editor and staff and setting fire to copies of the paper before fleeing
A South African animal orphanage says a baby giraffe that was befriended by a dog after it was abandoned in the wild has died
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shrugging off accusations that he is avoiding tough questions about his character and record ahead of a televised election debate with opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn
The death toll from a migrant boat capsizing off Mauritania has risen to 63 after the coast guard found five more bodies
A doctor says three people injured in the London Bridge attack have been sent home after receiving medical treatment
OPEC, Russia agree to cut oil production an extra 500,000 barrels a day to support prices
A British judge has thrown out torture charges against the ex-wife of former Liberian President Charles Taylor
Poland's massive Turow coal mine is causing trouble including pollution and water shortages for nearby communities
The family of a 73-year-old Japanese physician killed earlier this week in a roadside shooting in eastern Afghanistan has arrived in Kabul to return Dr
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has begun her first visit to the former Nazi Germany death camp of Auschwitz
Bosnian officials say they will close a makeshift tent camp in northwestern Bosnia where hundreds of migrants remain stranded despite snow and freezing weather
Police in Thailand's popular seaside resort of Pattaya say about 400 guests and staff were safely evacuated from a hotel whose facade caught fire in the middle of the night
6-story building collapses in Kenya’s capital, with people feared trapped in the rubble
Indian police say officers have shot and killed four men suspected of raping and killing a woman in a case that sparked protests across the country