The Associated Press

Turkey steps up drilling activities around Cyprus

Turkey's vice president says his country is stepping up a search for hydrocarbons off ethnically split Cyprus with the dispatching of a survey vessel to join two drillships and another research craft operating in waters around the island.

7:31AM ( 4 minutes ago )

Florida woman accused of assault over pizza slice

Authorities have arrested a woman in Florida who they say tried to attack another woman with a knife when she was denied a slice of pizza

7:21AM ( 14 minutes ago )

The Latest: France calls on Iran to release UK tanker

France's foreign ministry has called on Iran to quickly free a British-flagged oil tanker and its crew, as well as respect freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf

7:06AM ( 30 minutes ago )

The Latest: Iran releases 1st footage of seized UK tanker

Iran's state TV is showing the first footage of the British-flagged oil tanker that was seized a day earlier by the country's Revolutionary Guard and taken to an Iranian port

6:56AM ( 39 minutes ago )

Iran says its seizure of British ship a 'reciprocal' move

A powerful council in Iran says the country's seizure of a British oil tanker was in response to Britain's role in impounding an Iranian supertanker two weeks earlier

6:39AM ( 56 minutes ago )

Milan magistrate Borrelli, led '90s kickback probes, dies

Francesco Saverio Borrelli, the Milan prosecutor who led the '90s corruption probes which toppled Italy's political class, has died, at 89.

6:37AM ( 58 minutes ago )

The Latest: Iran says UK ship seized in 'reciprocal' move

Iran's Guardian Council, a powerful constitutional watchdog, says the seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker was in response to Britain's role in seizing an Iranian tanker earlier this month

6:25AM ( 1 hour ago )

Spain's Socialists 'convinced' new government deal is near

The No. 2 for Spain's Socialist Party says she is optimistic that caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will be able to strike a last-minute deal with the far-left United We Can party to form a coalition government before next week's confidence vote

6:11AM ( 1 hour ago )

Turkish steps up drilling activities around Cyprus

Turkey's vice president says his country is stepping up a search for hydrocarbons off ethnically split Cyprus with the dispatching of a survey vessel to join two drillships and another research craft operating in waters around the island.

6:08AM ( 1 hour ago )

The Latest: India, Philippines seeking sailors' release

The Indian and Philippine governments say they're working to get Iran to release nationals from the two countries who were on board a British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran in the Persian Gulf

5:47AM ( 1 hour ago )