13 Turkish soldiers, 7 Kurdish rebels killed
A clash in a forest left 13 Turkish soldiers and seven Kurdish rebels dead Thursday in the country's rugged southeast, the military said. The rare daylight violence was the deadliest attack on troops in more than three years.

DSK's French accuser speaks out in TV interview
The French woman who alleges that Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her in 2003 said Wednesday she finally took legal action because the New York case against the former IMF chief reawakened painful memories.

UK government turns against Murdoch BSkyB bid
Rupert Murdoch's cozy relationship with the British power structure came to an abrupt end Tuesday

Russian boat in trouble before fatal sinking
An aging cruise ship was severely overcrowded, had a malfunctioning engine and listed to one side before it sank in heavy wind and rain on a river east of Moscow, killing as many as 129 people, Russian officials said Monday.

Coulson arrested over News of the World scandal
Police arrested David Cameron's ex-media chief and a former royal reporter over Britain's tabloid phone hacking row Friday as the prime minister promised urgent inquiries into the spiralling scandal.

Amid scandal, Murdoch kills off News of the World
The Murdoch media empire unexpectedly killed off the muckraking News of the World tabloid Thursday after a public backlash

Tabloid phone hack claims 'deplorable': Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday condemned as "deplorable and unacceptable" claims that his News of the World newspaper hacked the phones of relatives of murdered children and victims of the London bombings.

'News' vows action over Dowler phone hack claims
Britain's top-selling Sunday tabloid vowed on Tuesday to take the "strongest possible action" if it is proven that its journalists hacked the phone of a missing teenager who was later found murdered.

Doubts in Strauss-Kahn case rock French politics
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's allies are hoping new doubt about the New York chambermaid who accused of him of sexual assault can help revive his 2012 French presidential bid just as it convinced a judge Friday to free him from house arrest without bail.