BUCHAREST, Romania – A Romanian court has sentenced a senior judge to 10 years and eight months in prison for demanding money from defendants in exchange for favorable verdicts. Stan Mustata was convicted on six counts of taking bribes, influence peddling and abusing privileged information between October 2013 and April …
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LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland – Northern Ireland police say a small bomb has detonated outside a probation office on a residential street in Londonderry, injuring nobody, and the city’s leaders have accused IRA die-hards of recklessly endangering the lives of families living nearby. The blast at Crawford Square damaged the unoccupied …
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SKOPJE, Macedonia – Macedonian prosecutors have filed charges against the country’s main opposition leader and former intelligence officials for alleged wiretapping following a scandal that has poisoned politics in the small Balkan country for months. Zoran Zaev is accused of “violence against the representatives of the highest state institutions.” If …
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LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria’s military says it is battling audacious tribal militias in central Nigeria and denies charges by community leaders that its troops have killed dozens of civilians. A statement Monday from the Defense Ministry spokesman, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, said militias engaged troops during weekend raids by the …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s official IRNA news agency is reporting that the Iranian government has released a Marshal Islands-flagged cargo ship today. According to a Thursday report by the agency, a source in the Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization says that the organization will issue a statement later in the …
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MANILA, Philippines – A powerful typhoon slammed into the northeastern tip of the Philippines on Sunday, as about 2,500 residents in two provinces huddled in shelters following warnings by officials to evacuate coastal and mountainous villages. Typhoon Noul, packing winds of 115 miles per hour and gusts of up to …
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JERUSALEM – Israel’s parliament has approved a contentious legislation that expands the number of government ministers — clearing the way for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government to take office. Wednesday’s vote rolled back reforms made by the previous government that limited the number of ministers to 18. Proponents said …
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VIENNA – Vienna’s gay-themed pedestrian traffic lights are here to stay. Instead of the usual stick man, the lights show couples — a man and a woman, two women or two men. Set up recently at 47 crossings, they were to be taken down in June, after the end of …
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PARIS – A French farmer is on trial for killing a suspected truffle thief with two blasts from a pump-action shotgun. Laurent Rambaud, 37, told police he was guarding his truffle patch around nightfall Dec. 20, 2010 when he was surprised by a man and a dog. Saying he feared …
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PARIS – Thousands of doctors, nurses and other hospital personnel are demonstrating in central Paris to protest planned working-hours changes they say will result in more burnout and worse patient care. Technicians in white lab coats and nurses wearing green scrubs gathered in the street outside the headquarters of Paris’ …
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