Moscow mayor calls deadly bomb attack on a restaurant a 'terrorist act'

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin called on Sunday a bomb attack on a restaurant in the capital the day before a “brutal terrorist act,” but did not say who was responsible. The blast on Saturday evening at the Balzi Rossi, an upscale Italian establishment in central Moscow, killed three people, including the woman bomber.

Dry summers put Dutch dikes at risk and threaten German river trade

WADDINXVEEN, Netherlands (AP) – Jeroen Wouda and Dirk Boom walk slowly along a Dutch dike, prodding at the bone dry surface with metal rods and scanning the parched grass for patches of green that could give away the location of a leak.

Hundreds of thousands line Amsterdam canals for annual Pride boat parade

AMSTERDAM (AP) – Hundreds of thousands of people lined Amsterdam’s canals on Saturday to watch the city’s canal boat parade, the highlight of an annual Pride festival that this year comes just a week after a deadly attack on a Pride event in Berlin.

2 killed when firefighting helicopters collide near Athens

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Two Greek firefighting helicopters collided in midair on Sunday as they were battling a wind-driven wildfire west of Athens, sending one aircraft crashing to the ground. Two crew members, a Greek and a Danish national, died in the crash.

A wildfire on the Greek island of Kefalonia triggers evacuations

A wildfire on the Greek island of Kefalonia triggers evacuations

Ceuta grapples with aftermath of border surge after most migrants leave

CEUTA, Spain (AP) – Ceuta over the weekend no longer looked like a city on edge, but residents were still rattled by the events of the week. Most of the 60,000 migrants who swam, scrambled and later charged into the tiny Spanish exclave in North Africa this week had walked back to Morocco by Sunday, but some stayed on in the hills surrounding the city.

Annual bridge-diving competition takes place in Kosovo

Annual bridge-diving competition takes place in Kosovo

UEFA declares no confidence in Infantino and vows accountability

GENEVA (AP) – Successfully stopping Gianni Infantino’s FIFA plan to sell World Cup profits to private investors was the first half of a high-stakes game in global soccer politics. The second half kicked off Saturday with what seemed a clear aim of ending Infantino’s decade-long presidency.

Russian attack hits Kryvyi Rih area, killing family of ten

Residents left reeling after Russian attack hits Kryvyi Rih area, killing family of ten