Police arrested Saturday an 18-year-old man suspected of killing two people and wounding seven others in a shooting targeting restaurants packed with teenagers in southern Finland. More »Two dead, seven injured in Finland gunman shooting
Russia's ruling party on Saturday approved Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its new chief in a bid to reverse flagging popularity that stoked opposition protests against the Kremlin. More »Medvedev chosen to boost Russia ruling party
Storm warnings went up along the US eastern seaboard Saturday as a new subtropical storm wheeling out of the Atlantic threatened Memorial Day holiday plans for hordes of beachgoers. More »New sub-tropical storm threatens big US beach weekend
Spain's fourth-biggest bank Bankia said Saturday it was certain of securing the 19 billion euros ($24 billion) in state aid it is seeking in the largest bank bailout in the country's history. More »Spain's Bankia says sure of securing massive state bailout
A 15-year-old boy has drowned after jumping from a bridge into a river. More »Boy drowns after jumping off bridge
Former US President Jimmy Carter, who is leading a delegation monitoring Egypt's first post-revolt presidential election, said on Saturday the process was "encouraging" despite unprecedented constraints. More »Carter: Egypt polls 'encouraging' despite constraints
VIRGINIA WATER (Reuters) - Course designer Ernie Els let rip at Wentworth's greenkeeping staff and PGA Championship officials on Saturday after shrugging off tricky conditions to move to the fringes of contention. The 42-year-old South African's ire was raised after he hit an excellent four-iron approach shot at the par-five 18th and the ball bounded through the green into a deep bunker. "I landed my second probably five yards too far," Els told reporters after shooting a two-under-par 70 for a five-under aggregate of 211. "How much money did we spend on the 18th? We built a dam there. ... More »Angry Els hits out over Wentworth greens
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood and a military man close to ousted leader Hosni Mubarak courted defeated first-round candidates in Egypt's presidential election on Saturday, each trying to claim the mantle of the uprising before a run-off next month. State television said the Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi led this week's vote with 26.4 percent, against 23 percent for ex-air force chief Ahmed Shafiq, according to preliminary results. Hamdeen Sabahy, a secular leftist came a close third with 21.5 percent, followed by independent Islamist Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh. ... More »Islamist and ex-PM vie for mantle of Egypt's revolt
The body of the second of two British men who died during a trip on a crocodile-infested river in India has been found. More »Second body found in Indian river
SpaceX's Dragon cargo vessel smells like a new car, said astronauts at the International Space Station after opening the hatches Saturday following the spacecraft's landmark mission to the orbiting lab. More »SpaceX capsule has 'new car' smell, astronauts say
HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Brazil's Hulk scored twice and created another goal to lead his team to a 3-1 victory over Denmark in a friendly match in Hamburg on Saturday, with the error-prone Scandinavians in need of improvement ahead of next month's Euro 2012. More »Hulk leads Brazil to 3-1 win over error-prone Denmark
More than 1,000 people have celebrated the birth of the Christian Church with the Archbishop of York in one of the north of England's best known landmarks. More »Hundreds celebrate birth of Church
An Olympic torch-carrying carpenter got more than five minutes of fame when he was mistaken for a top-flight rugby hero. More »Rugby star mix-up in torch relay
Hundreds of anti-cuts protesters have held an "alternative street party" in the road where Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg lives. More »Anti-cuts 'party' in Clegg's street
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin steered Dmitry Medvedev into the chairmanship of Russia's ruling party on Saturday and demanded reforms to the flagging organisation he will rely on to keep his grip on the country's far-flung regions. At Putin's behest, delegates at a United Russia congress elected Medvedev chairman with a unanimous show of hands, the final step in a choreographed role reversal the longtime leader hopes will preserve his rule against growing opposition. After four years of playing No. ... More »Putin puts Medvedev in charge of Russia's ruling party
Harlequins were crowned English club champions for the first time on Saturday when they defeated Leicester 30-23 at Twickenham in the Premiership final. More »Harlequins win first English rugby title
NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - An Israeli settler shot and wounded a Palestinian man on Saturday in a clash that began when a group of settlers set fire to fields belonging to a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, officials said. Residents said about 25 settlers, some of them carrying guns, set fire to wheat fields in the village of Orif, which is near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Some villagers came out to extinguish the fire and clashed with the settlers, said Nablus official Kassan Daglas. ... More »Israeli settler shoots Palestinian in West Bank
Azerbaijan prepared Saturday a spectacular show for a Eurovision Song Contest final pitting pensioners against young stars which it hopes will dispel concerns over the country's poor rights record. More »Azerbaijan hosts Eurovision final
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government has set up a working group to consider how to support the economy in the case of an escalation of the euro zone crisis, Economy Minister Johann Schneider-Amman was quoted as saying on Saturday. He told Swiss radio the working group was drawing up plans on how the government could intervene to support financial and labour markets if the economy was hit in a worst-case scenario. ... More »Swiss working on emergency euro plan - minister
VIRGINIA WATER (Reuters) - Lee Westwood's up and down display in Saturday's third round summed up the world number three's wildly fluctuating week at the PGA Championship. More »I'm not swinging well, says tired Westwood
The international community must "up its game" on political progress in Afghanistan or risk wasting a decade of sacrifice by British soldiers, Labour leader Ed Miliband has warned. More »Miliband warning on Afghan pullout
Fresh laws may be required to protect armed forces personnel from discrimination and abuse, Ed Miliband said as he called for cross-party action on the issue after meeting troops serving in Afghanistan. More »Action on discrimination urged
Campaigners on Saturday welcomed a World Health Organization pledge to tackle research and funding gaps concerning some of the developing world's biggest killer diseases. More »WHO agrees to tackle research on neglected diseases
David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt face "huge" questions over their handling of News Corporation's BSkyB takeover in the wake of the latest evidence to the Leveson Inquiry, Labour leader Ed Miliband said. More »Miliband piles pressure on Hunt
CAIRO (Reuters) - Leftist candidate Hamdeen Sabahy will file an appeal for Egypt's presidential election to be suspended because of alleged voting irregularities and a pending case over former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq's right to stand, Sabahy's lawyer said on Saturday. "We will present an appeal on behalf of candidate Hamdeen Sabahy ... to the presidential electoral committee, citing a series of irregularities ... that have affected the outcome of the first round," lawyer Essam El-Islamboly told Reuters. ... More »Egypt candidate to seek election suspension-lawyer