Europe

Arrests made 20 years after one of modern Europe’s worst genocides
Almost 20 years after Europe’s worst massacre since the holocaust, Serbian police today arrested eight people believed to be involved in the 1995...
Police arrest 350 as #Blockupy protest turns violent in Frankfurt
Thousands of anti-capitalist protesters clashed with riot police near the new headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt on Wednesday,...
Prince Harry to quit British army after a decade of service
It’s a soldier’s life no more for Britain’s Prince Harry. Royal officials said Tuesday that the 30-year old prince will leave the armed...
He’s back: Russian President waits 11 days to Putin a public appearance
Russian President Vladimir Putin has appeared in public for the first time since 5 March. The 62-year-old met Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev...
Putin expected to reappear in public today after 10-day absence
President Vladimir Putin was due to reappear in public on Monday after an unusually long 10-day absence that unleashed frenzied speculation about the whereabouts...
Ukraine leader says truce deal ‘not working’
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko slammed a month-old peace deal with pro-Russian rebels as “not working” Sunday as a pro-government...
Cartoonist Lars Vilks in first public appearance since Copenhagen attacks
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks on Saturday made his first public appearance in Copenhagen after surviving an attack last month in the Danish capital, local...
Sick baby among 7 killed in Serbian military helicopter crash
A military helicopter carrying a sick baby for treatment has crashed in thick fog in Serbia, killing all seven people on board.
Ikea drops lifestyle website in Russia over ‘gay propaganda’ fears
Ikea is closing its lifestyle website in Russia over fears it could flout a controversial law banning promotion of gay values to minors.
Swedish prosecutors ‘to interview Julian Assange in Ecuadorian embassy’
Swedish prosecutors have offered to question Julian Assange in London over sexual assault allegations against him. The WikiLeaks founder faces an...
Swedish prosecutors ‘ready to interview Julian Assange in Ecuadorian embassy’
Swedish prosecutors have offered to question Julian Assange in London over sexual assault allegations against him. The WikiLeaks founder faces an...
From Ukraine village, new evidence on downing of flight MH17
Villagers in eastern Ukraine have told Reuters they saw a missile flying directly overhead just before Malaysian airliner MH17 was shot out of the sky...
France not Britain now second biggest force in IS air campaign
France has overtaken Britain as the second biggest contributor to the air campaign against Islamic State.
Highway robbery: €9 million in jewels stolen in French toll-booth attack
Two vans carrying 9 million euros ($9.5 million) worth of jewels were attacked by a gang of 15 armed assailants who forced out the drivers and sped away,...
Bunga bunga back in court as Berlusconi sex saga resumes
Italy’s top court on Tuesday reviews former premier Silvio Berlusconi’s acquittal on charges of paying for sex with an under-age exotic dancer...
Netherlands justice minister resigns over deal with drug trafficker
The Dutch justice minister resigned Monday in an ongoing scandal over a deal worth millions of guilders (euros) struck by prosecutors with a famous drug...
French Olympian sports stars among 10 killed in Argentine crash
A group of French sports stars participating in a reality TV show were among 10 people killed when their helicopters collided in mid-air while filming...
U.S. sends heavy armour to Baltic states after Putin reveals Crimea plot
The United States has begun to deploy 3,000 troops on a three-month exercise to reassure Russia’s nervous neighbors in the Baltic, military officials...
Russia stand-off: U.S. sends heavy armour to Baltic states
The United States has begun to deploy 3,000 troops on a three-month exercise to reassure Russia’s nervous neighbors in the Baltic, military officials...
Three missing British schoolgirls staying in Al Raqqa, Syria
Three missing schoolgirls who left Britain to join Islamic State have crossed into Syria and are believed to be staying at a house in al Raqqa.
Two charged with Nemtsov killing include former Chechen policeman
A Russian court charged two men with the murder of opposition activist Boris Nemtsov, including a former police officer from Chechnya who confessed to...
French PM warns far-right could win 2017 presidential vote
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says the far-right Front National (FN) party could win the next presidential election in 2017, warning their policies...
Russia holds two more suspects over Nemtsov killing
Russian police have arrested another two men over the killing of opposition activist Boris Nemtsov, bringing the number held to four.
Female Islamic State recruiter arrested at Barcelona airport
A Moroccan woman was arrested at a Spanish airport Saturday on suspicion of recruiting European and North African women to join the Islamic State group,...
2 Nemtsov suspects detained in Russia, prompting skepticism
Two suspects have been arrested over the killing of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov, who was assassinated last week. Alexander Bortnikov, the...
Russia arrests two over Boris Nemtsov killing
Two suspects have been arrested over the killing of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov, who was assassinated last week. Alexander Bortnikov, the...
Grey area: School bans 50 Shades 11-year-old from World Book Day
An 11-year-old boy was excluded from his school’s World Book Day event after he dressed as a character from Fifty Shades of Grey. Liam Scholes was...
More than 200 skiers rescued as cable cars left stranded by fallen tree
Two hundred holidaymakers needed a dramatic rescue after a cable car stopped working in hurricane-strength winds. The skiers were suspended in mid-air...
Mysterious motorcyclist finally ruled out as hunt for Alps murderer goes on
A motorcyclist sought by police investigating the murders of three members of a British family in the French Alps has been identified - and ruled out of...
More than 30 killed in blast as war drags Ukraine mines from bad to worse
Miners in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region have never had it easy, forced to extract coal in some of the worst conditions seen in the industry worldwide.

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