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Britain and Russia brace for showdown as deadline expires for nerve attack explanation 14 Mar 2018 - 09:34 am
People walk past one of the entrances to Russia's embassy and consular section in London, Britain, March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Tom Jacobs
Spy poisoning: UK considers 'full range' of retaliation 13 Mar 2018 - 05:26 pm
British ambassador Laurie Bristow leaves the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on March 13, 2018. AFP / Alexander NEMENOV
An English town puzzles over a spy who came in from the cold 13 Mar 2018 - 02:51 pm
A Royal Mail postal workers delivers mail in Salisbury, southern England, on March 12, 2018, near to where a man and woman were found critically ill on March 4, after being apparently poisoned with what was later identified as a nerve agent sparking a maj
Russia 'not guilty' of poisoning, ready to cooperate: Lavrov 13 Mar 2018 - 01:51 pm
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a news conference after a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in Moscow, Russia March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
Slovak PM under pressure to agree early election as coalition unravels 13 Mar 2018 - 01:37 pm
Speaker of the Slovakia's National Council Andrej Danko (L) and Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico react after a meeting at the Bratislava castle, Bratislava, Slovakia March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa
Man tries to attack police guard outside Austrian parliament 13 Mar 2018 - 01:15 pm
Austrian police car drives outside of the Iran ambassador's residence in Vienna, on March 12, 2018, where a 26-year-old Austrian was shot dead after he attacked a guard with a knife.  AFP / JOE KLAMAR
EU assures Britain of solidarity on nerve agent case 13 Mar 2018 - 01:03 pm
European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici holds a news conference in Brussels, Belgium March 7, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Vidal
Far-right Greek MP gets suspended sentence for mayor assault 12 Mar 2018 - 07:14 pm
A court handed down the four-month suspended sentence on George Germenis for attempting to cause bodily harm.
Merkel says she will visit Macron to discuss EU reform 12 Mar 2018 - 05:09 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) attends the signing ceremony of the conservative CDU/CSU party and the Social Democrats to form a new government in Berlin, on March 12, 2018.  Cüneyt Karada? - Anadolu
Knife attacker shot outside Iranian ambassador's residence in Vienna 12 Mar 2018 - 08:37 am
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Step up fake news fight at election time: top EU official 11 Mar 2018 - 08:40 pm
European Commissionner for Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabriel gives an interview with Agence France-Presse (AFP) at the European Commission in Brussels on March 8, 2018. The EU's top official charged with fighting Fake news says Europe needs to re
Putin says grandfather cooked for Stalin and Lenin 11 Mar 2018 - 07:47 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an interview with NBC's journalist Megyn Kelly at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 1, 2018. Picture taken March 1, 2018. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via Reuters
What's in a name? France's Le Pen proposes far-right rebranding 11 Mar 2018 - 07:25 pm
At a party conference in the northeastern city of Lille, the 49-year-old suggested scrapping the existing name of the National Front (FN), which it has used since 1972 when it was co-founded by her father Jean-Marie.
UK official: Small traces of contamination found in spy case 11 Mar 2018 - 04:46 pm
A police officer stands in front of The Mill pub in Salisbury, southern England, on March 11, 2018, as investigations continue in connection with the major incident sparked after a man and a woman were apparently poisoned in a nerve agent attack a week ag
Most stores shut in Poland as Sunday trade ban takes effect 11 Mar 2018 - 02:30 pm
File picture showing a general view of Warsaw city center and the Palace of Culture (R). Reuters
French far-right party severs all ties with elder Le Pen 11 Mar 2018 - 02:06 pm
France's far-right party Front National (FN) president Marine Le Pen attends the Front National party annual congress, on March 10, 2018 at the Grand Palais in Lille, northern France. / AFP / PHILIPPE HUGUEN
Russia test-fires 'ideal' hypersonic missile 11 Mar 2018 - 12:59 pm
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Europe's tourist hot spots look for ways to cope with the crowds 11 Mar 2018 - 12:29 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on August 10, 2017 shows a tourist taking a picture of the city's panorama as he stands next to a wall with a graffito reading 'Tourist: your luxury trip - my daily misery' at Park Guell in Barcelona. While the money they bri