Greece's president spoke of “fear that could develop into panic” at the country's banks in the weeks before fresh elections that could precipitate Athens' exit from the eurozone.

New French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged differences on Tuesday over how to boost growth in recession-plagued Europe, but pledged to forge a joint approach in time for an EU summit next month.

Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic made a throat-slitting gesture to a woman who lost her son, husband and brothers in the Srebenica massacre at the start of his trial on Wednesday for some of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is to address judges personally during the sentencing hearing of his war crimes trial Wednesday, asking for leniency even as he plans to appeal his conviction.

Britain's ruling Conservatives are losing their reputation for economic competence, according to an opinion poll issued on Wednesday; bad news for a party that has staked its reputation on an austerity plan to tackle the budget deficit.

Britain's politicians and its powerful media were uncomfortably close while Tony Blair ran the country, a former UK minister said Wednesday.

A team of international observers that came under fire in northern Syria was apparently stranded in the area overnight, and United Nations officials said Wednesday they hope to evacuate the group within hours.

The negotiating stance from Iranian officials never varies: The Islamic Republic will not give up its capabilities to make nuclear fuel. But embedded in the messages are meanings that reach beyond Tehran's talks with world powers.

Several hundred protesters gathered Monday at the New Jersey State House to show support for a former Rutgers student convicted of bias intimidation and to call attention to what they see as injustices in New Jersey's hate-crime laws.

U.S. President Barack Obama's campaign released a video on Monday calling Mitt Romney's private equity firm a job-killing “vampire” that ran a steel mill into the ground, signaling a new effort to carve into Romney's image of corporate success.