International Herald Tribune

A Russian court ordered prosecutors to re-examine the murder of Czar Nicholas II and his family, despite the fact that the Bolsheviks believed to have shot them in 1918 are long dead.

The archbishop of Paris joined the tide of criticism over France’s crackdown on Roma, also known as Gypsies, calling it a “circus.”

Ukrainian law enforcement officers may have been involved in the disappearance of a leading journalist who is now presumed dead, an official said.

Nadja Benaissa, who performed with the band No Angels, received a two-year suspended sentence because she expressed deep remorse throughout the trial.

For the most part, Londoners have welcomed the exotic vehicles and their wealthy Persian Gulf oil state owners, except for the occasional late-night races.

The police in Geneva said Wednesday that they had contacted other financial institutions in the city urging them to be wary of any suspicious packages.

Environmentalists were handed a surprising victory when President Dmitri A. Medvedev postponed construction of a Moscow-St. Petersburg highway.

Nadja Benaissa, a German pop star, was found guilty on Thursday of causing grievous bodily harm to a man who contracted H.I.V. after having unprotected sex with her, but will not have to go to jail.

Nadja Benaissa, 28, was found guilty of causing bodily harm to an ex-boyfriend for having sex with him without telling him about her having the virus that causes AIDS.

With anger mounting over French deportations of Roma to Romania and Bulgaria, top officials in the Sarkozy government met Wednesday with officials from Romania to coordinate strategies to aid the Roma there.

The Association for Diversity, a gay rights group, urged the government on Wednesday to withdraw a textbook authorized for use in secondary schools that it said portrayed homosexuality as an illness that could be cured.

Two former policemen and another person were arrested in Moldova on suspicion of trying to sell four pounds of uranium-238 on the black market, authorities said.

Jacques Chirac, the former French president, is seeking to end prosecution in a corruption case by reimbursing the City of Paris for disputed salaries payed to employees.

Mr. Albert was one of the leading French fighter pilots of World War II, flying Soviet-built planes against the Nazis on the Eastern front.

A former party leader, Mr. Apostol gained international attention by publicly criticizing Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989, shortly before the dictator’s overthrow and execution.

A Swedish prosecutor ordered the police to question Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks whistle-blower Web site, about accusations of molesting.

A Russian court sent a leading human rights activist and Kremlin critic to jail for three days for taking part in an unsanctioned protest demonstration in Moscow.

For some around the world, the dispute over an Islamic center near ground zero is a confirmation of their views.

Marius Kloppers expressed confidence regarding BHP’s hostile bid for the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan.

Mary Bale, who earned international notoriety this week when video of her dropping a cat into a garbage bin was posted online, issued a formal apology on Wednesday, after weathering death threats on Facebook.