AP - Government officials and Jewish leaders are concerned the conflict in Gaza may spill over into violence in Europe, with attacks reported against Jews and synagogues in France, Sweden and Britain.
AP - Turkey was holding a suspicious shipment bound for Venezuela from Iran because it contained lab equipment capable of producing explosives, a customs official said Tuesday.
AFP - The British missionary couple sentenced to one year of hard labour for criticising the Gambian leadership will not appeal the sentence, and are instead hoping to get clemency, their lawyer said Tuesday.
Reuters - Dire economic data from the United States and Europe showed the world's two largest economies remain mired in recession, and Toyota Motor Corp said it would halt all production in Japan in response to plunging demand.
AP - Five European countries and Turkey are facing a shutoff of natural gas flowing through pipelines across Russia from Ukraine, while others face shortages. Here are basic facts about Russian gas and Europe:
AP - German billionaire Adolf Merckle has committed suicide after his business empire, which included interests ranging from pharmaceuticals to cement, ran into trouble in the global financial crisis, his family said Tuesday.
AP - British historian Christopher Hibbert, whose popular books covered subjects from the medieval Battle of Agincourt to the American Revolutionary War, has died. He was 84.