An entire village in southern Siberia was burned to ashes by a new wave of wildfires Wednesday, leaving more than a thousand homeless, authorities said.

British Prime Minister David Cameron will miss prime minister's questions on Wednesday, his office announced, depriving lawmakers of their first chance to grill him in public since the revival of a scandal involving Cameron's top public relations aide.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair cancels a launch party for his new book in London because of planned protests.

British electronic rock trio The xx have won this year's Mercury Prize for their album "xx."

Thousands of workers across France stage a one-day strike to protest government plans to raise the retirement age.

A Wiltshire, England, police sergeant was sentenced Tuesday to serve six months in prison for assaulting a 57-year-old woman in custody two years ago in an incident caught on the station's closed-circuit television system.

The European Commission is looking into France's expulsion of more than 8,000 ethnic Roma, commonly referred to as gypsies, the commission's president told CNN Tuesday.

A 'jobs wanted' list covering the entire European Union is being proposed by one of its most senior officials.

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Spanish police said Tuesday they have arrested five more people in connection with a male prostitution ring.