Tunisia arrests Muslim cleric for hardline sermon

Tunisian police arrested an imam after he delivered a sermon described as "insubordinate," the Interior Ministry said Wednesday, in the first high-profile arrest since the government began taking a harder line toward religious conservatives. 1371663306

Top UK court overturns sanctions on Iranian bank

Britain's Supreme Court has quashed sanctions against an Iranian bank penalized over its alleged links to Iran's nuclear weapons program. 1371663111
Gyula Horn, former Hungarian prime minister, dies

Gyula Horn, a former Hungarian prime minister who played a key role in opening the Iron Curtain, has died at the age of 80. 1371662421
WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama ditches jacket

President Barack Obama should have felt right at home in his overnight visit to Germany, with summer weather that felt more like Washington than Berlin. 1371662421
Iran's electoral watchdog approves election result

Iran's state TV is reporting the country's election overseer, the Guardian Council, has approved Friday's presidential election result, affirming a first-round victory by a relative moderate. 1371662104
John Paul II moves a step closer to sainthood

Pope John Paul II has moved a step closer to sainthood. 1371660896
Swiss lawmakers reject deal on banking secrecy

Switzerland's lower house of parliament has for the second time rejected a government proposal on relaxing Swiss banking secrecy laws, a move that would have helped the country's banks avoid facing U.S. criminal charges for shielding tax cheats. 1371659712
Death threats greet Italy's first back minister

Italy's first black Cabinet minister is facing Internet death threats before a visit to a region known for its anti-immigrant political base. 1371659107
Unmanned aircraft struggle to shed 'drone' image

Unmanned aircraft have helped rescue stranded hikers, worked to contain wildfires and gathered data at nuclear accidents. One helped a Russian tanker find its way through Arctic ice to bring oil to a stranded Alaskan community. 1371659107
Military: Thurayas banned in northeast Nigeria

Soldiers fighting to halt an insurgency by Islamic militants are banning the use of Thuraya satellite telephones by civilians in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, throttling communications already made difficult by cut cell phone service. 1371658222
Israel to export 40 percent of its natural gas

Israel has decided to export 40 percent of the natural gas it expects to produce from offshore wells, keeping a larger amount for local use than expected. 1371656432
Dolce and Gabbana convicted of tax evasion

A Milan court on Wednesday convicted the designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of tax evasion. 1371659714
Todashev's body brought to Russia for burial

The father of a Russian man killed while being questioned about ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects says he has brought the body to Russia for burial. 1371653239
Airbus clocks 59 orders for new A350 wide-body jet

Airbus raked in orders Wednesday for its new A350, announcing 59 sales of the wide-body jet that flew for the first time last week. 1371656998
Myanmar court convicts 2 Muslims over violence

A court in Myanmar has found two Muslim women guilty of sparking a recent outbreak of sectarian violence, one of them by bumping into a Buddhist novice monk. 1371657610
China, Vietnam agree to set up hotline

China and Vietnam agreed on Wednesday to set up a hotline to resolve fishing incidents in disputed South China Sea waters that have been a frequent source of tensions between the two ideological allies. 1371660668
Iceland: 'informal talks' about Snowden asylum

A WikiLeaks spokesman who claims to represent Edward Snowden has reached out to government officials in Iceland about the potential of the NSA leaker applying for asylum in the Nordic country, officials there said Wednesday. 1371655635
Obama in Berlin: "Our work is not yet done"

President Barack Obama is challenging Americans and Europeans not to become complacent even though the Cold War is over. 1371650218
Iraq officials say suicide attack kills politician

Iraqi officials say a suicide attack has killed a local political leader and four of his relatives in northern Iraq. 1371649012
Flood damages Austrian UNESCO heritage site

A flash flood unleashed by a major thunderstorm has inundated the Austrian village of Hallstatt, which has been awarded special status by the U.N. because of its unique beauty. 1371649364