Europe
Ex-IMF head Strauss-Kahn testifies in French sex ring trial
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief who was tipped to become French president before being accused of sexual assault by a New ...Ukraine fighting intensifies ahead of peace summit
Intense fighting in Ukraine, including a rocket strike on Kiev\'s military headquarters in the east, killed at least 20 people on Tuesday ...Oil prices drop as IEA predicts weak rebound
Oil prices fell Tuesday after the International Energy Agency predicted that global oil prices will recover only partially over the next five ...Euro zone, Greece face off as markets take fright
Greece and its euro zone partners engaged in brinkmanship on Monday, with leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras insisting his country would not ...Chaos at Hamburg airport as security staff go on strike
Police have closed entrances to the airport in the German city of Hamburg amid chaos caused by a strike.Nine more Ukrainian servicemen killed in the east
Nine Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 26 wounded in fighting with Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine\'s eastern regions in the past 24 ...Ukraine leader shows off captured Russian military IDs
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko Saturday brandished in front of world leaders several passports taken from Russian soldiers in what he said was ...Russia, European powers agree to draft Ukraine peace plan
The leaders of Russia, Germany and France agreed during late-night talks in Moscow to draw up a plan to end fighting in ...Egyptian military kills 47 militants in the Sinai
Egyptian security forces killed 47 Islamic militants in the country\'s Northern Sinai on Friday in one of the biggest operations in the ...German, French leaders take Ukraine peace plan to Moscow
The leaders of Germany and France announced a new peace plan for Ukraine on Thursday, flying to Kiev with a proposal they ...