Albanian police and media reports say a shooting outside the capital that reportedly was linked to political party activists before a parliamentary election this week killed one person and injured four others

European Union officials have unveiled proposals for reining in high-risk uses of artificial intelligence such as live facial scanning that could threaten people’s safety or rights

Member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog have suspended Syria’s voting rights at the organization as a punishment for the repeated use of toxic gas by Damascus

Rebels are threatening to depose the son of Chad's slain president after he was named interim leader of the central African nation

Greece’s prime minister says the country’s tourism industry will open on May 15 when a ban on travel between different regions in the country will also be lifted

The European Union has ramped up its COVID-19 vaccination efforts amid doggedly high infection rates

Germany's Defense Ministry says discussions are underway among military planners with the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Kabul for a possible withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan as early as July 4

Indonesia’s military says a navy submarine is missing near the resort island of Bali with 53 people on board

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office says the leader has signed a law allowing to call up reservists for military service without announcing a mobilization

The guilty verdict in the trial over George Floyd's death was not just celebrated in America

Queen Elizabeth II has expressed her thanks for all the “support and kindness” shown following the death of her husband, Prince Philip

A government official says France is about to impose new entry restrictions on travelers from India, in order to fight a contagious coronavirus variant spreading in that country

German lawmakers have approved a proposal by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to mandate uniform restrictions in areas where the coronavirus is spreading too quickly

Human rights groups say police across Russia have arrested more than 180 people in connection with demonstrations supporting imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny

Since the coronavirus pandemic struck Spain, a glass pane has separated Xavier Antó and Carmen Panzano for the first prolonged period of the couple’s 65-year marriage

Officials say 22 COVID-19 patients on ventilators have died in a hospital in western India when their oxygen supply was interrupted by a leak in a supply line

President Vladimir Putin says Moscow’s response will be “quick and tough” if the West encroaches on Russia's security interests

The British government insists Prime Minister Boris Johnson did nothing wrong when he promised to would “fix” the tax rules for a wealthy industrialist

Officials say Montenegro’s police have arrested an alleged boss of a crime gang which has spread fear and bloodshed in the Balkans and across Europe

A South Korean court has rejected a claim by victims of Japanese wartime sexual slavery and their relatives who sought compensation from Japan’s government