A Canadian man involved in an alleged plot to commit mass-murder at a mall on Canada's Atlantic coast has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder.
Germany's top security official says the country's domestic spy agency has started monitoring the so-called Reich Citizens' Movement, whose members have shown an increasing tendency toward violence.
More than 1,000 police officers, some dressed as Santa Claus, have staged a noisy protest in the Romanian capital demanding they be allowed to retire at 60.
Germany stopped disability payments to only several dozen Nazi war crimes suspects despite passing a law that was expected to remove payments to tens of thousands.
Bosnia's state prosecution says a Croatian woman wanted in Bosnia for war crimes she allegedly committed against Serbs during the 1992-95 war has been extradited from the United States.
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor says it is a "regression" for African nations — including her own country of Gambia — to quit the court and says the continent should work with her office to end impunity for atrocities.
Syria's military has announced it is forming a new commando force, calling on volunteers interested in "achieving the final victory against terrorism" to apply.
Government statisticians say Ireland's unemployment rate has fallen to an eight-year low of 7.5 percent, a level last seen before a banking crisis wrecked the property-driven Celtic Tiger economy.
Paris police say two masked thieves stopped a car carrying two Qatari tourists, sprayed them with tear gas and stole belongings worth as much as 5 million euros ($5.3 million).
NATO is criticizing Russia's deployment of anti-ship missiles in its westernmost Baltic region as "aggressive military posturing," and is urging dialogue to cool escalating tensions.
Heavy rains and strong winds have destroyed homes and left at least three people dead — including two children — in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia.