Police seize explosives in central Portugal
Police in Portugal this week seized more than 3,000 pounds of explosives from a house used by the Basque separatist group ETA, the Spanish Interior Ministry said Saturday.
An “ongoing attempted coup d’état” was taking place Thursday in the Republic of Niger, according to the Niger Embassy in London, England.
Former world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo has announced her retirement from tennis, revealing that she no longer has the desire to play and train.
Russian security forces killed eight militants that it said were connected to a 2009 terrorist attack, the head of Russia’s domestic security and anti-terrorism agency said Saturday.
The future of English Premier League club Portsmouth was in doubt Friday after it was forced to go into administration with estimated debts of around $90 million.
British television mogul Simon Cowell is producing a record to raise funds for the earthquake recovery effort in Haiti.
An aviation expert says an incident in which explosive material was placed in an unsuspecting passenger’s luggage as part of a botched sniffer dog drill highlights the need for greater cooperation over airport security.
A police informant testified in court on Monday that 11 suspected Islamic militants on trial planned to attack Barcelona’s metro last year with suicide bombers, who were to include the informant himself.
Barcelona stayed five points clear of arch-rivals Real Madrid as both secured wins in Spain’s La Liga on Saturday.
Robert Enke, goalkeeper for the German national football team, was struck by a train in what police called an apparent suicide.
The trial of a French academic arrested this summer amid post-election protests in Iran begins Tuesday, Iranian news agencies reported.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is denying allegations of “abusive behavior” and “volcanic eruptions of foul temper” ahead of the publication of a new book by a top British political journalist.
The head of the German army, General Wolfgang Schneiderhahn, pictured right, resigns after a news report that he knew civilians could be killed in a September airstrike in Afghanistan.
Two British soldiers and a Spanish soldier were killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan, the British and Spanish Defense Ministries said.
A strike that would have crippled British Airways over Christmas and the New Year cannot now go ahead, a UK court has ruled.
German prosecutors said Friday they are investigating a huge match-fixing scandal with more than 200 games under scrutiny and 17 people arrested.
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