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World / Europe

Merkel defends Iran stance, urges China to join arms talks 16 Feb 2019 - 02:27 pm
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence shakes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the annual Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Michael Dalder
German cars pose no security risk to United States, Merkel says 16 Feb 2019 - 12:47 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert
Spain to get 3rd government in 4 years amid fragmenting politics 15 Feb 2019 - 06:51 pm
Spanish People's Party (PP) president Pablo Casado holds a press conference at the PP headquarters in Madrid on February 15, 2019.  AFP / Gabriel Bouys
Ireland under pressure over border plans for no-deal Brexit 15 Feb 2019 - 12:23 am
Pro-Brexit demonstrators protest outside the Houses of Parliament, in Westminster, London, Britain, February 14, 2019. Reuters/Hannah McKay
North Macedonia mourns 14 people killed in bus crash 15 Feb 2019 - 12:23 am
Police and investigators examine the wreckage of a bus at the crash site in the village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, on February 14, 2019.  AFP / Robert Atanasovski
More Brexit humiliation for May as parliament defeats her again 14 Feb 2019 - 08:57 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves from the rear of 10 Downing Street in London on February 14, 2019 ahead of a vote on amendments to the Brexit withdrawal bill. AFP / Tolga Akmen
Greece revises constitution to fight corrupt politicians 14 Feb 2019 - 08:57 pm
Protesters stand in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens on January 25, 2019. AFP / Louisa Gouliamaki
UK teen runaway who joined IS 'wants to come home' 14 Feb 2019 - 02:29 pm
In this file photo taken on February 17, 2015 a video grab taken from CCTV, received from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on February 23, 2015, shows (L-R) British teenagers Amira Abase, Kadiza Sultana and Shamima Begum at Gatwick Airport, south of
Three Syrians arrested in Germany and France for suspected crimes against humanity 14 Feb 2019 - 12:17 am
A police vehicle patrols at the main square and in front of the central railway station in Cologne, Germany, January 5, 2016. Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay
Uber's London License Is Under Threat 13 Feb 2019 - 03:41 pm
Peninsula
Spain plans to close all nuclear plants by 2035 13 Feb 2019 - 01:15 pm
FILE PHOTO: A view of Asco village and a nuclear plant, which uses the waters of the Ebro river water to cool it, in Asco near Tarragona January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino/File Photo
Rare tiger killed in UK safari park; 2nd to die in past week 13 Feb 2019 - 12:30 pm
Peninsula
Nationwide strike hits Belgian transport, factories 13 Feb 2019 - 11:34 am
Passengers leave Brussels national airport in Zaventem, on the outskirts of the Belgium capital, on February 13, 2019, during a national general strike. Belgium OUT / AFP / BELGA / THIERRY ROGE
Pompeo warns Eastern Europe on Chinese and Russian meddling 13 Feb 2019 - 12:45 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak give a press conference on February 12, 2019, in Bratislava, Slovakia, during Pompeo's week-long tour across Central Europe.  AFP / Joe Klamar
NATO planning for more Russian missiles: Stoltenberg 13 Feb 2019 - 12:45 am
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds a press conference ahead of a Defense Ministers meeting, in Brussels, Belgium on February 12, 2019. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency)
Catalan separatists' rebellion trial starts in Madrid 13 Feb 2019 - 12:45 am
Former Catalan separatist leaders including (from front row R-L) Oriol Junqueras, Raul Romeva, Joaquim Forn, Jordi Sanchez, Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, Jordi Cuixart, Carme Forcadell, Dolors Bassa, Carles Mundo, Santi Vila and Meritxel Borras attend their t
Scientists in Hungary protest govt takeover of research 13 Feb 2019 - 12:45 am
People hold up books as they protest against the education and scientific research policy of the Hungarian government in front of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest on February 12, 2019. AFP / Attila Kisbenedek
Brexit: May tells parliament she needs 'more time' 12 Feb 2019 - 10:45 pm
Theresa May