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Finland to reinstates border checks

Finland to reinstates border checks

-- 2018-07-13 15:02:39

Finland will reinstate border controls for travellers from Schengen countries for four days during a summit in Helsinki between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. “...

Brexit plan kills hope of a US trade deal: Trump

Brexit plan kills hope of a US trade deal: Trump

-- 2018-07-13 13:23:28

US President Donald Trump directly criticised British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy, saying her proposals had probably killed off hope of a US trade deal. Trump also said she h...

Sexism outside stadium mars World Cup

Sexism outside stadium mars World Cup

-- 2018-07-12 19:49:42

The World Cup has been marred by an estimated 300 cases of sexism on the streets tarnishing an otherwise positive tournament, the head of an anti-discrimination group said on Tuesday. Piara Powar, th...

Turkey coup trial: Court sentences 72 plotters to life in jail

Turkey coup trial: Court sentences 72 plotters to life in jail

-- 2018-07-12 14:44:49

A Turkish court sentenced 72 defendants to life in prison on Thursday for their roles in clashes on a suspension bridge in Istanbul in which 34 people were killed during an attempted coup two years ag...

German court sentences neo-Nazi murderer to life in jail

German court sentences neo-Nazi murderer to life in jail

-- 2018-07-11 15:08:05

A German woman was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for her part in the murders of 10 people during a seven-year campaign of violence by a neo-Nazi gang. The Higher Regional Court in Munich r...

Greece to expel two Russian diplomats over ‘Macedonia interference’

Greece to expel two Russian diplomats over ‘Macedonia interference’

-- 2018-07-11 14:19:13

Greece will expel two Russian diplomats and ban entry to another two over suspicions they tried to undermine an agreement between Athens and the neighbouring Macedonia last month, Greek newspaper Kath...

Erdogan takes oath, names son-in-law finance minister

Erdogan takes oath, names son-in-law finance minister

-- 2018-07-10 12:12:04

President Tayyip Erdogan appointed his son-in-law as Turkey’s finance minister on Monday hours after he was sworn in with sweeping new executive powers, promising a “strong government and...

Boris Johnson resigns amid Brexit row

Boris Johnson resigns amid Brexit row

-- 2018-07-09 20:36:50

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has resigned from his post, a Downing Street spokesman said on Monday. Boris is the third minister in 24 hours to walk out of the government rather than back T...

May appoints Dominic Raab as new Brexit minister

May appoints Dominic Raab as new Brexit minister

-- 2018-07-09 16:04:23

British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Dominic Raab as the new Brexit Secretary on Monday after his predecessor quit in protest at the government’s plans for a close trading relationship w...

Turkey train derailment kills 24

Turkey train derailment kills 24

-- 2018-07-09 11:08:15

Twenty-four people have been killed after a train derailed in north-western Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag says. The train was en route to Istanbul from the town of Kapikule on the Bulgari...

Brexit Secretary David Davis resigns

Brexit Secretary David Davis resigns

BBC 2018-07-09 09:52:29

Brexit Secretary David Davis has resigned from the UK government. His resignation comes days after Theresa May secured the cabinet's backing for her Brexit plan despite claims from critics that it wa...

Turkey dismisses over 18,000 civil servants

Turkey dismisses over 18,000 civil servants

-- 2018-07-08 12:19:36

Turkey issued a decree on Sunday dismissing more than 18,000 civil servants, half of which were from the police force, ahead of this month’s expected lifting of a two-year-old state of emergency...

Bull running in Spain injures five

Bull running in Spain injures five

-- 2018-07-07 18:05:18

A person was gored and four others hurt, the Red Cross said, as Pamplona's bull running festival got underway. One person was caught on a bull's horns during Saturday's run in the northern Spanish ci...

May wins support on Brexit plan

May wins support on Brexit plan

-- 2018-07-07 15:23:50

British Prime Minister Theresa May secured a cabinet agreement on Friday for her plans to leave the European Union, overcoming rifts among her ministers to win support for “a business-friendly&r...

Germany drops migrant centres plan

Germany drops migrant centres plan

-- 2018-07-06 18:43:17

Germany's ruling coalition has agreed on a faster procedure for screening migrants at the border, dropping the idea of creating new holding centres. The deal concerns irregular migrants already regis...

Russian court fines US-funded news outlet for violating law

Russian court fines US-funded news outlet for violating law

-- 2018-07-06 16:16:24

A Russian court fined Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a US government-funded news outlet, on Thursday for violating a “foreign agent” law. The court reached the guilty verdict before a s...

Two in one bath!

Two in one bath!

-- 2018-07-05 20:57:50

Residents of the World Cup host city of Samara are being urged to take showers in pairs because the influx of fans is putting strain on water supplies. The Samara Communal Systems utility company say...

UK sets out some details of new Brexit customs plan

UK sets out some details of new Brexit customs plan

-- 2018-07-05 13:44:22

Downing Street has set out some of the detail of how customs could be handled after Brexit. No 10 says its new plan - dubbed the "facilitated customs arrangement" - offers "the best of both worlds"....

Wiltshire pair 'poisoned by' same nerve agent as Russian spy

Wiltshire pair 'poisoned by' same nerve agent as Russian spy

-- 2018-07-05 13:00:24

A man and woman found unconscious in Britain's Wiltshire were poisoned by Novichok - the same nerve agent that poisoned ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal, police say. The couple, believed to be Charlie R...

Turkey issues decree transferring some powers to president

Turkey issues decree transferring some powers to president

-- 2018-07-04 12:08:40

Turkey issued a decree on Wednesday transferring some powers to the president, in line with its move to an executive presidential system resulting from last month’s presidential and parliamentar...

Germany's Seehofer drops threat to resign after talks with Merkel

Germany's Seehofer drops threat to resign after talks with Merkel

-- 2018-07-03 11:50:33

Germany’s interior minister Horst Seehofer dropped his threat to quit after hours of talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU), saying the two conservative parties ha...

Over 1,000 drown in Mediterranean this year

Over 1,000 drown in Mediterranean this year

-- 2018-07-02 17:14:09

More than 1,000 people have drowned in the Mediterranean this year sailing from Libya to Europe, with a rush in the past few days to beat an anticipated crackdown by the European Union, The Internati...

German interior minister offers to step down over migrants

German interior minister offers to step down over migrants

-- 2018-07-02 12:43:58

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has offered to resign as both minister and as chairman of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union at a closed meeting of the party’s presidency, party sour...

Gangster breaks out of French prison on helicopter

Gangster breaks out of French prison on helicopter

-- 2018-07-01 20:04:29

A notorious gangster has escaped by helicopter from a prison in the Paris region, the French authorities say. Redoine Faid was helped by several heavily armed men who created a diversion at the priso...

Italy closes ports to NGO boats with migrants

Italy closes ports to NGO boats with migrants

-- 2018-06-30 18:42:09

Migrants saved by non-governmental organisations (NGO) boats will not be allowed into Italy, said rightwing Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. Mr Salvini has often accused the NGOs of encouraging the...

German parliament approves Greece aid package

German parliament approves Greece aid package

-- 2018-06-30 16:56:42

Germany’s parliament on Friday approved a financial aid package for Greece that is designed to ensure Athens can stand on its own feet after it exits a third bailout programme in August. The pa...

EU leaders plan closed migrant centres amid crisis

EU leaders plan closed migrant centres amid crisis

-- 2018-06-29 16:33:22

Closed migrant centres are to be set up in EU states to process asylum claims under a deal reached after marathon talks at a leaders summit in Brussels. The centres, hosted on a voluntary basis, woul...

EU agrees migration deal after marathon talks

EU agrees migration deal after marathon talks

-- 2018-06-29 11:35:01

European Union leaders have reached an agreement on migration after nearly 10 hours of talks at a summit in Brussels. Italy - the entry point of thousands of migrants, mainly from Africa - had threat...

12 year-old French boy crosses English Channel

12 year-old French boy crosses English Channel

-- 2018-06-28 19:32:23

A 12-year-old French boy has broken the record for crossing the English Channel in a small children's sailing dinghy. Tom Goron set sail from the Isle of Wight at 05:00 local time on Wednesday and ar...

Top US, Russian diplomats to meet before Trump-Putin summit

Top US, Russian diplomats to meet before Trump-Putin summit

-- 2018-06-28 17:51:34

Moscow says the top Russian and US diplomats are likely to meet to set the stage for a summit between President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, reports AP. Russia’s Deputy Foreig...