Europe

Merkel, Erdogan hold tense talks in shadow of protests

by Antoine LAMBROSCHINI with Michelle FITZPATRICK in Frankfurt Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germany's Angela Merkel hosts Turkish…

German Catholic Church apologizes for mass child sex abuse

  by Raphaelle Logerot and Hui Min Neo in Berlin Agence France Presse FULDA, Germany (AFP) -- Germany's Catholic Church…

German Catholic Church to own up to decades of child abuse

  by Frank Zeller Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germany's Catholic Church was Tuesday due to confess to…

Merkel removes spy chief to defuse row over far-right

by Frank ZELLER and Michelle FITZPATRICK in Frankfurt Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Angela Merkel's government on Tuesday…

Sex abuse claims rock Dutch Catholic Church

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- More than half of the Netherlands' senior clerics were involved in covering up sexual assault…

Spain PM defends sending weapons to Saudis after U-turn

MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain's prime minister on Sunday defended his government's controversial decision to go ahead with the delivery of 400…

Man drives car into crowd in southern France, wounding two

NIMES, France (AFP) -- A man drove into a crowd of patrons gathered outside a bar in the southern city…

Skripal suspects say were in UK as tourists, deny murder attempt

by Anna Smolchenko Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Two men accused by London of poisoning former Moscow spy…

Catholic priests abused more than 3,600 children in Germany, says study

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- More than 3,600 children were sexually assaulted by Catholic priests in Germany over nearly seven decades,…

Putin says Russia and China to reduce use of dollar in trade

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said Moscow and Beijing plan to use their own national…

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