Iran sticks to building nuke plants
2011-05-17 19:57:49
The leaders of earthquake-prone Iran have reviewed - and rejected - concerns by the country's top scientists about a plan to build a national nuclear reactor network, according to intelligence shared with The Associated Press.
Egypt's ex-president Mubarak to apologize
2011-05-17 19:23:43
Egyptian former President Hosni Mubarak is likely to make an apology to Egyptians soon, Egypt's Al-Shorouk newspaper reported Tuesday.
Berlusconi suffers setback in local elections
2011-05-17 19:04:11
Premier Silvio Berlusconi and his coalition partners have suffered setbacks in local elections across their northern Italian powerbase.
NATO hits government targets in Gadhafi stronghold
2011-05-17 18:22:56
NATO airstrikes pounded two government buildings early Tuesday in the Libyan capital, including the interior ministry, setting them on fire and prompting a government spokesman to suggest the ministry was targeted because it contained files on corruption cases against senior members of the Benghazi-based rebel leadership.
Alert triggers tight security in Dublin
2011-05-17 17:07:47
Irish police on Tuesday morning strengthened security arrangements in Dublin as British Queen Elizabeth II starts her historic four-day visit to the republic very soon.
Swedish queen to probe father's alleged Nazi ties
2011-05-17 16:22:44
Sweden's Queen Silvia is investigating her late father's activities in Germany and Brazil during World War II to clarify reports about possible ties to Nazis.
Bomb defused ahead of Queen's Ireland visit
2011-05-17 16:19:46
Police and Army officials say a bomb found on a bus has been made safe Tuesday, hours before Queen Elizabeth II was due to arrive in Dublin.
Suicide bombing occurs in Kazakh city
2011-05-17 16:19:40
A suspected suicide bombing attack occurred Tuesday in Kazakhstan's northern city of Aktobe, wounding several people, local media reported.
Irish army says second suspicious device a hoax
2011-05-17 15:56:50
A second suspicious device in Ireland was found to be a hoax, shortly after an actual bomb was found on a bus, the army said on Tuesday ahead of the first state visit by Britain's Queen Elizabeth.
Plane from China emergency lands in Russia
2011-05-17 15:53:39
A Boeing 757-200 en route from China's Sanya to Russia's Novosibirsk made an emergency landing in Krasnoyarsk airport in Russia's south Siberia, RBC news agency reported on Tuesday.
UK Queen's visit to Ireland to go ahead despite bomb
2011-05-17 15:12:11
Britain's Queen Elizabeth will go ahead with a visit to Ireland despite a bomb being found on a bus near Dublin, the British Foreign Office said on Tuesday.
France says crash aircraft black box data intact
2011-05-17 15:06:25
Investigators have pulled data from both black boxes of an Air France jet which crashed in the Atlantic in 2009, and this should help explain what caused the disaster that killed all 228 people on board.