German FM criticizes remarks by Hungarian PM
BERLIN (AP) -- It started out simple enough: German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized constitutional changes that have been made in Hungary. But Hungary's leader not only objected, he also found what he called a veiled reference to Adolf Hitler's occupation of his country in 1944....

Retired Anglican priest jailed for sex abuse
LONDON (AP) -- A retired Church of England priest was jailed for 10 years Monday after a jury found him guilty of 36 separate sex offenses against children in the 1960s and 1970s....

3 killed in blast at Spanish army base
MADRID (AP) -- Spain's Defense Ministry says three soldiers have died and two others have been injured in an explosion at an army bomb disposal unit in southern Spain....

Russia claims to have foiled possible terror act
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's counter-terrorism agency says it killed two militants it believes were planning a terrorist act in Moscow and detained a third....

Riots in Stockholm suburb over police shooting
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Gangs of youth angered by the police shooting death of an elderly man in a mainly immigrant neighborhood hurled rocks at police and set cars and buildings on fire in a Stockholm suburb early Monday, forcing the evacuation of an apartment block....

Czech president in dispute over gay rights
PRAGUE (AP) -- Czech President Milos Zeman is being criticized for refusing to grant a university professorship - the nation's top academic title - to a critic of his, allegedly because the man is also a gay rights activist....

10 Azerbaijanis to prison after headscarf rally
MOSCOW (AP) -- A court in Azerbaijan has convicted and sentenced 10 people for breaching public order following a violent protest against a ban on wearing headscarves in school....