For the E.U., a once-unthinkable question is looking more like a real possibility with each new grinding week of economic crisis.

Convicted of graft for fuel industry corruption and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Received backing in a significant vote of confidence for a movement struggling to prove its credibility and gain the trust of the country's factions.

International observers say Sierra Leone's presidential election over the weekend was largely peaceful and well-conducted.

Britain's Foreign Secretary says the U.K. has discussed whether an E.U. arms embargo on Syria could be lifted to allow nations to supply weapons to the country's opposition.

France raised the prospect of sending them "defensive weapons".

The fallout from the region's crisis was felt from Amsterdam to Athens.

Medical and police authorities are launching a major international probe into the illegal trafficking in human organs for transplants.

The 17 countries that use the euro fell back into recession for the first time in three years as the impact of the region's sprawling debt crisis began to be felt in the region's stronger economies.