Europe
EU, Libya hold talks on joint naval force to combat human traffickers
The EU\'s foreign policy chief held "constructive" talks with Libya\'s foreign minister, focused on a European naval force that would fight people ...Fighting flares up near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists on Wednesday fought their first serious battles in months and Ukraine\'s defense minister said an attempt by ...Latvian parliament elects defence minister Vejonis as president
Latvia\'s parliament on Wednesday elected Defence Minister Raimonds Vejonis as the Baltic state\'s new president with 55 of its 100 legislators backing ...Hurricane Blanca forms, heads toward Mexico resorts
Hurricane Blanca formed off Mexico\'s Pacific coast on Tuesday and was on track to strike the Los Cabos resorts during weekend elections, ...Former German Chancellor Kohl in intensive care
Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification, is in intensive care at a clinic in Heidelberg after surgery on his ...Sepp Blatter resigns as FIFA president
Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday in the face of a U.S.-led corruption investigation that has plunged world soccer\'s governing ...Greece, creditors agree on need for quick deal as talks continue
Greece and its European creditors agreed on the need to reach a cash-for-reforms deal quickly as Athens missed a self-imposed Sunday deadline ...Five killed in eastern Ukraine fighting
Three Ukrainian soldiers and two civilians have been killed over the past 24 hours in fighting in the separatist east, a Ukrainian ...Stopping the violence in Burundi
The conflict started April 26 after Burundi’s Constitutional Court ruled in support of President\'s Nkurunziza’s decision to ...Venezuelan opposition holds rallies for imprisoned leaders
Thousands of Venezuelan opposition sympathizers rallied on Saturday in support of leaders jailed last year in connection with months of violent protests ...