FRANCE-GERMANY-PLANE CRASH

PARIS — The first remains of victims from the Germanwings crash will be flown from France to Germany on Tuesday, about 11 weeks after the disaster that killed all 150 people onboard. Dozens of victims' relatives from the March 24 crash in the French Alps have been awaiting the return of the remains. In the first repatriation, 44 coffins were expected to be flown from Marseille to Duesseldorf, Germany. 

ROMANIA-PREMIER

BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania's parliament has rejected a request by anti-corruption prosecutors to lift the immunity of the prime minister who is a suspect in a corruption probe. Lawmakers voted 231-120 against a request by the anti-corruption prosecutors to prosecute Victor Ponta. The premier is suspected of corruption charges, including being an accomplice to tax evasion from 2007 to 2008 while serving in Parliament, a conflict of interest and money laundering. 

BRITAIN-HSBC

LONDON — HSBC Holdings, Europe's largest bank by market value, will cut up to 25,000 jobs around the world to reduce costs and shift its center of gravity back toward the fast-growing Asian economies where it started operations 150 years ago. The bank, which is currently based in London, said Tuesday it is "undertaking a significant reshaping of its business portfolio" and "redeploying resources to capture expected future growth opportunities." By Pan Pylas. 

SPAIN-BOY IN SUITCASE

MADRID — The father of an Ivory Coast boy caught being smuggled into Spain in a suitcase last month has been freed on bail, allowing the family to be reunited. A court ordered Ali Ouattara freed Monday hours after his 8-year-old son was allowed leave a youth center where he was cared for after being discovered May 7 by border police in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta. The boy had been hidden in a suitcase carried by a Moroccan woman not related to the family. 

GREECE-BAILOUT

ATHENS, Greece — Greek officials say they have made new proposals aimed to strike a quick deal with bailout creditors and unlock vitally needed rescue funds. 

RUSSIA-NEMTSOV

MOSCOW — The daughter of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has blamed state propaganda for fomenting hatred and intolerance that contributed to his killing in February. Zhanna Nemtsova said in a column published Tuesday in the business daily Vedomosti that responsibility for her father's death was shared by employees of state-controlled TV who cast him and other opposition leaders as "national traitors."