Europe

Norway And U.S. Military More Enthusiastic About Alliance Despite Previous Criticism

7:14am November 08, 2018

by Frank Langfitt

President Trump criticized many of America's NATO allies for not spending enough on defense, but during recent exercises in Norway the U.S. military seemed much more enthusiastic about the alliance.

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Greek Orthodox priests, seen during a rally in Athens earlier this year. On Tuesday Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ieronymos agreed with the prime minister to remove roughly 10,000 priests and staff from the state payroll.

Greece Strikes Tentative Deal To Remove Orthodox Clergy From State Payroll

7:44pm November 07, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Archbishop Ieronymos jointly announced the agreement, which is aimed at separating religion and state. But it is drawing resistance from other Church leaders.

Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman, listens to officials in 2010 at a prison near Lahore. Her blasphemy conviction has been reversed but advocates say she and her family are in danger in Pakistan.

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Italy Offers To Help Relocate Pakistani Christian Woman Acquitted Of Blasphemy

8:34pm November 06, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Italy joins other western countries seeking to help the woman at the center of a simmering dispute between the government and hard-line religious groups.

Defendant Johann Rehbogen, a 94-year-old former SS guard, appears at the regional court in Münster, Germany, on Tuesday.

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94-Year-Old Ex-Nazi Guard Goes On Trial Over Mass Killings At Concentration Camps

4:34pm November 06, 2018

by Ruben Kimmelman

In court in Germany, Johann Rehbogen is charged with being an accessory in the murders of several hundred Jewish and Polish prisoners at the Stutthof concentration camp in the early 1940s.

A gap now exists where two buildings collapsed on Monday morning in Marseille, France. A third building was damaged and also torn down.

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4 Bodies Found After Apartment Buildings Collapse In Marseille, France

3:44pm November 06, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

A woman who lived in one of the buildings said she stayed with her parents the night before the collapse because many of the doors in her building wouldn't close. "It could have been me," she said.

An image taken from a U.S. Navy video shot aboard an EP-3 reconnaissance plane shows a Russian Su-27 fighter using its afterburners during a close pass on Monday, Nov. 5.

Russian Fighter Made 'High Speed Pass' In Front Of U.S. Spy Plane

3:05pm November 06, 2018

by Bill Chappell

A video posted by the U.S. Navy shows the Su-27 roaring alongside the American turboprop plane, "applying its afterburner while conducting a banking turn away."

An exterior view of the new addition to the Tate Modern gallery in London in 2016. A handful of apartment owners are suing the museum, arguing it has created a state of "near constant surveillance" since opening a 10th floor terrace.

Luxury Apartment Owners Head To Court Against Peeping From Tate Modern's Balcony

7:40pm November 05, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

A handful of residents in a multimillion dollar glass tower are arguing the museum has created a state of "near constant surveillance" since opening a terrace that offers one of London's best views.

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France Moves To Ban Smartphones In Schools

8:14am November 03, 2018

by Eleanor Beardsley

The French government has banned cellphones in school, fulfilling a promise made by Emmanuel Macron during his presidential campaign. In one middle school, it's had mixed effects.

A migrant who scaled a border fence from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Melilla shows their injured hands, in March 2014. Spain is seeing a record of largely sub-Saharan African migrants and asylum-seekers making risky journeys to enter the country.

As Spain's Immigration Rises, More Women Arrive With Experiences Of Sex Abuse

1:45pm November 02, 2018

by Lucia Benavides

Experts say nearly every woman migrating to Spain from Africa is sexually abused along the way. They sometimes arrive pregnant or with infants conceived on their journey, often a result of rape.

France's Jewish Community Deeply Shaken Over Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

4:59pm November 01, 2018

by Eleanor Beardsley

Jews in France, who have seen their own community subjected to murderous attacks, have reacted with horror and sympathy to Saturday's deadly shooting in Pittsburgh.

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