NICE, France (AFP) - French nature officials have shot dead a female wolf in the foothills of the Alps in the first such killing since the government authorised increased culling of the protected species.
LONDON (REUTERS) - A deputy speaker of parliament was arrested on three counts of indecent assault on Wednesday, six weeks after he was first detained on suspicion of rape and sexual assault, police said.
LONDON (REUTERS) - The British government warned on Wednesday that future combat operations could become more difficult after a court ruled that families of three soldiers killed in Iraq could sue the military for failing to protect troops on active duty.
ATHENS (AP) - Greece's governing coalition parties are to meet for a second time in three days to try and end a political crisis triggered by the closure of state broadcaster ERT.
BEIJING (AFP) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon is "shocked" at the news of an attack on a UN compound in Somalia on Wednesday, his spokesman said.
