Litvinenko widow says UK inquiry has uncovered 'truth'The widow of a Russian ex-spy fatally poisoned in London said she believed a British judge-led inquiry had uncovered the "truth" into his death as it heard its final submissions.
Spain PM backs controversial ex-mayor to stand in Catalan pollsSpanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday backed a former mayor whose comments have been called xenophobic as his party's top candidate for regional elections in independence-minded Catalonia.
30 July 2015
Putin orders destruction of smuggled Western foodRussian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree ordering the destruction of Western food smuggled into the country in breach of an official embargo.
30 July 2015
Fabius says time to warm up Iran-France relationsFrench Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius arrived in Iran and said it was time to kickstart relations between the two countries after a nuclear deal made such a change possible.
Ukraine bans Putin buddy Depardieu for five yearsUkraine said it had blacklisted French film star and newly minted Russian national Gerard Depardieu in apparent retribution for reportedly refusing to recognise the independence of the former Soviet state.
Berlin Jewish Olympics open in 'triumph over evil'The Maccabi Games, dubbed the Jewish Olympics, opened at the Berlin site of the 1936 "Nazi Games" in what one community leader called "a triumph of good over evil".
29 July 2015
France evacuates 10,000 campers as Provence burnsFrench officials evacuated 10,000 people from three different campsites as hot winds fanned fires in drought-hit Provence in the middle of the summer holiday season