An Egyptian court Wednesday slapped six former police officers with prison terms after finding them guilty of having tortured a citizen to death in 2012, according to a local judicial source.  "Western Cairo’s Giza criminal court sentenced one former police officer to five years in...

Three French schoolchildren were hurt in the attack near London's parliament on Wednesday, French officials said. The three were students aged around 15 or 16 of the Concarneau Lycee in Brittany, western France, according to a report in Le Telegramme regional newspaper. Prime Minister...

An Italian train derailed in the central Swiss city of Lucerne on Wednesday and one carriage tipped over, authorities said. At least three people were injured. The train from Milan, Italy, to Basel derailed shortly before 2 p.m. as it was pulling out of Lucerne's main train station, Swiss...

Aid convoys linked to paramilitary groups have begun making regular deliveries to Mosul districts recaptured from ISIS, bringing much-needed relief but also fears that their Shiite backers are encroaching into the mostly Sunni city. The columns of trucks and cars carrying food, water and...