Europe

Foreign ministers call for end to fighting in east Ukraine
Foreign ministers from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine called for an end to the renewed heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine following tough talks in...
65-year-old German mum of 13 ‘expecting quadruplets in the summer’
A 65-year-old German grandmother is reportedly pregnant with quadruplets. Annegret Raunigk, who has 13 children and seven grandchildren, decided to...
Germanwings plane evacuates 132 passengers after bomb scare
A Germanwings flight bound for Italy from Germany was evacuated late on Sunday due to a bomb threat, the airline said.
‘Civil war’ brewing over disputed Greek goldmine
For the past three years, the investment of Hellenic Gold, a subsidiary of Canadian firm Eldorado Gold, has deeply divided the local communities of the...
Russia supplying weapons, troops to Ukraine separatists: NATO
NATO believes that Russia has supplied more troops and weapons to pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, a German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung...
Exhibition honours Polish couple who saved Jews at Warsaw zoo
It was World War II, Warsaw was under German occupation, and the wife of the director of the Warsaw zoo spotted Nazis approaching the white stucco villa...
Rights groups: Tibetan nun sets herself on fire in protest
Overseas Tibetan rights groups say a nun has set herself on fire to protest Beijing’s control over the region in the latest in dozens of self-immolations...
Vatican, France in showdown over gay Catholic ambassador
Three months after appointing an openly gay diplomat Laurent Stefanini as France’s ambassador to the Vatican, Paris is still waiting for the green...
Russia lashes out at controversial law to erase Ukraine’s Soviet past
Controversial laws designed to leave Ukraine’s Soviet past behind stoked tension in the war-divided country Friday and prompted an angry reaction...
Vatican, France in showdown over gay ambassador
Three months after appointing an openly gay diplomat Laurent Stefanini as France’s ambassador to the Vatican, Paris is still waiting for the green...
Amsterdam prostitutes protest closure of their windows
Scores of prostitutes took to the streets of Amsterdam on Thursday to protest moves to rejuvenate the city’s famed Red Light District by shuttering...
Gunman kills 3 in Milan court, raising security concerns
A real estate developer on trial for fraudulent bankruptcy fired 13 shots inside the Milan Tribunal on Thursday, killing his lawyer, a co-defendant and...
EU was ‘looking into German air safety issues’ before Alps plane crash
European Union authorities began looking into German airline safety procedures regarding “a number of issues” long before the Germanwings crash,...
Judge and lawyer among three people killed in gun attack on Milan courthouse
A man has been arrested after a judge and lawyer were among three people shot dead in a court in Milan, the Italian Interior Minister has confirmed. The...
Je Suis IS: French network TV5Monde hit by pro-Islamic State hackers
One of France’s largest TV stations, TV5Monde, says it has been the victim of a cyberattack by people connected with the Islamic State group. Broadcasts...
Judge among two people killed in gun attack on Milan courthouse
Two people have been killed in a shooting at a court in Milan, emergency services say. One of those killed was a judge, a court official said. A...
Greece to make April IMF payment, but uncertainty reigns
Greece is due to make its 459 million euro ($495 million) April loan payment to the IMF Thursday following days of uncertainty, but the European nation’s...
French network TV5Monde hit by pro-Islamic State hackers
French television network TV5Monde said it had been hacked by individuals claiming to belong to the Islamic State group, bringing television broadcasts...
Greek PM gets ‘moral support’, not money from Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras moral support and long-term cooperation but no financial aid on Wednesday,...
Greek PM gets support, not money from Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras moral support and long-term cooperation but no financial aid on Wednesday,...
Greek PM ruffles EU feathers with trip to Moscow for Putin meeting
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to meet Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin in Moscow today.
Does Germany really still owe Greece for World War II?
Greece has offered a precise figure for what it claims Germany owes it from World War II: 279 billion euros, or $303 billion.
Greece: ‘Germany owes us $302 billion in Nazi occupation damages’
Greece’s defense minister says the country has obtained “stunning evidence” to support its massive claims for World War II reparations...
UN: State of Damascus refugee camp ‘beyond inhumane’
The UN Security Council on Monday demanded access for life-saving humanitarian aid to reach refugees trapped in Syria’s Yarmuk camp after it was...
Britain’s Prince Harry arrives in Australia to begin month-long stint with Army
Prince Harry has reported for duty with the Australian Army after being greeted by hundreds of well-wishers upon his arrival in the country for a month-long...
WWI graffiti sheds light on soldiers’ experience
The inscription, “James Cockburn 8th Durham L.I.” is cut so clean it could have been left yesterday.
Pope speaks out against Christian persecution, Kenya attacks
The Pope led Catholics in prayer for persecuted Christians around the world at a Good Friday service in Rome, a day after 148 students and security officers...
Pope washes feet of prisoners in untraditional Holy Thursday celebration
Pope Francis, saying he wanted to be a servant of society’s neediest, presided at a Holy Thursday ceremony where he washed and kissed the feet of...
Trawler sinking off Russia kills 56, dozens rescued
A fishing trawler sank in freezing waters off Russia’s Far East on Thursday, killing at least 56 people and setting off a frantic search for survivors...
Second Alps black box found as it emerges co-pilot researched suicide
Investigators say they have found the second black box from the Germanwings plane that crashed into the French Alps last week. They are hoping it...

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