Europe
Germany crushes Brazil in World Cup semifinal 7-1
Germany handed Brazil its most humiliating World Cup defeat ever as it crushed the host nation 7-1 in their semifinal match Tuesday ...Pushed from Slaviansk, Ukraine rebels barricade Donetsk
Pro-Russian rebels erected new barricades on the streets of Donetsk on Monday, preparing to make a stand in the city of a ...Merkel says U.S spying allegations are serious
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday allegations that a German man worked as a double agent for U.S. intelligence were serious ...Ukraine says forces will press forward after taking rebel stronghold
Ukraine\'s government said it would quickly seize more territory from pro-Russian separatists after re-taking their stronghold of Slaviansk in what President Petro ...Germany summons US ambassador over spy allegations
Germany summoned the US ambassador in Berlin on Friday following the arrest of a man reported to have spied for the United ...Ex-Cameron aide Coulson faces jail in UK hacking case
British Prime Minister David Cameron\'s former media chief Andy Coulson was jailed for 18 months on Friday for being complicit in widespread ...Overpass in World Cup host city collapses
An unfinished overpass collapsed in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte on Thursday, killing at least one person and ...Palestinian teen killed in possible revenge attack
The discovery of a body in a Jerusalem forest on Wednesday raised suspicions that a missing Palestinian youth had been killed by ...Sarkozy detained in French corruption probe
Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday became the first former French president to be placed in custody for questioning in a criminal investigation.Poroshenko ends Ukraine ceasefire, says government will attack rebels
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday government forces would renew offensive operations against rebels and "free our lands", hours after a ...