Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday dissolved parliament ahead of an election which is expected to produce a period of instability in the euro zone’s third largest economy. Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s cabinet began meeting to fix the date of the vote, which...

German prosecutors said Thursday they had charged five employees of a British recruitment agency working with Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair over millions of euros in allegedly unpaid social security payments for its pilots. No Ryanair staff were among the accused but "investigations...

Militants killed two people including a policeman at a bank in Egypt's North Sinai region Thursday and wounded several others, security sources said Thursday. The militants fired a rocket and shot at police who were guarding the bank in the town of el-Arish, the sources said....

Russian authorities will investigate whether opposition leader Alexei Navalny is breaking the law with his campaign for boycotting next year's presidential election, the Kremlin said Thursday. President Vladimir Putin, whose approval ratings have topped 80 percent, is set to win a...