News: Europe

The country had refused in 2003 to let American troops pass through its borders on the way to Iraq.

Six men and one woman were guilty of crimes relating to child sex abuse at a state-run children’s home in Lisbon during the 1990s.

Portuguese judges find an ex-ambassador, a former TV presenter and five others guilty of sexually abusing children in care.

Dublin delays a deal to allow transfers of EU citizens' data to Israel, which is accused of forging passports.

The UK defence secretary rules out the UK sharing aircraft carriers with France as part of closer defence co-operation.

At least four people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed in a new outbreak of wildfires in Russia.

HSBC may quit its London headquarters if the UK government decides to break up big banks, a senior executive says.

A team of divers say they have found the world's oldest drinkable beer in a shipwreck off the coast of Finland.

BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone.

Fear sparks stockpiling of food in Russia as prices soar

Roger Federer overcomes windy conditions to beat Andreas Beck and reach the US Open third round, but seeds Nikolay Davydenko and Maran Cilic crash out.

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki cruises into the third round of the US Open with a blistering 6-0 6-0 win over Chinese Taipei's Kai-Chen Changon.

As Slovakia held a day of mourning Thursday to honor the victims of Monday's violent rampage in the Slovak capital, Bratislava, a picture began to emerge of the killer.

“Valley of the Wolves: Palestine” is built around the unsuccessful attempt in May by a six-boat Turkish flotilla to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.

The United Nations panel is to examine documents from Turkey and Israel and deliver its first progress report in mid-September.

Labor Minister Éric Woerth conceded Thursday that he wrote a letter in 2007 to Nicolas Sarkozy pressing for a state award for his wife’s future employer.

The foreign secretary rejects speculation that he had a relationship with an aide, and focuses instead on his relationship with his wife.

Judges to deliver verdict more than five years after trial began

Pakistan's top diplomat in Britain suggested on Thursday that three of his nation's cricket stars, accused of agreeing to take part in a betting scam, were "innocent" victims of a plot against them.

A detailed biography of the legendary Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal shows him to be a complicated hero, an angel with dirty wings.