WORLD
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Europe
German Red Cross to end search for WWII missing in 2023
Germany's Red Cross on Tuesday said it would end its search for missing persons from World War II in 2023, leaving the fate of 1.2 million people a mystery.
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Europe
Tourists evacuated from Italian ski resort over threat of avalanche
Four helicopters were evacuating some 100 tourists and hotel workers from a four-star mountainside hotel and a nearby guesthouse in northern Italy after an avalanche overnight,... More
Europe
PKK supporters attack Turkish citizens in Germany
Sympathizers of the PKK terror organization and its Syrian affiliates the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its armed-wing, the People's Protection Units (YPG), attacked Turkish... More
Europe
1,450 people evacuated after gas leak near London station
U.K.'s Network Rail said London's Charing Cross station was closed early Tuesday due to a gas leak in a nearby road.
Emergency services are dealing with the incident and... More
Europe
Exiled Catalan leader arrives in Copenhagen despite Spanish arrest threat
Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont arrived in Copenhagen yesterday, defying a threat by Madrid to issue a warrant for his arrest if he leaves Belgium, where he has been... More
Europe
PKK terror group supporters attack mosques in Germany
Sympathizers of the PKK-affiliated Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its armed wing the People's Protection Units (YPG) attacked two mosques in Germany on Sunday night, sparking... More
Europe
Pope apologizes to sex abuse victims for demanding 'proof'
Pope Francis is apologizing for insisting that victims of pedophile priests show "proof," saying he realizes now it was a "slap in the face" to victims that he never intended.
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Europe
Russian court orders closure of Putin critic Navalny campaign fund
Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Monday suffered a new blow in his bid to convince Russians to boycott March presidential polls when a court ordered the closure of the... More
MidEast
Slovenia poised to recognize State of Palestine
Slovenia is preparing to recognize Palestine as an independent state in February, a local newspaper said Monday.
Slovenian Delo newspaper reported the news, citing the... More
Europe
EU to support Jerusalem peace negotiations
The EU's foreign policy chief on Monday said a realistic solution for Jerusalem "has to come through direct negotiations."
Speaking to reporters ahead of a meeting with... More
Europe
Far-right populism grows in Netherlands amid protests
Hundreds of right-wing demonstrators crowded a main square at Rotterdam's central station Saturday to protest what they describe as the "discrimination against ordinary Dutch... More
Europe
German far-right, anti-Islam AfD official converts to Islam
A leading German state member of the Islamophobic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has converted to Islam, the right-wing populist party confirmed on Tuesday.
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Europe
Italy, Greece chide Eastern Europe for lack of solidarity in migrant crisis
The leaders of Italy and Greece lashed out at Central and Eastern European countries on Wednesday over their lack of solidarity on the migration crisis, warning they may suffer...
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Europe
French prison guards blockade over 100 prisons
Picket lines were set up outside 119 prisons across France Wednesday as prison guards continued a nationwide protest over working conditions.
A spokesman for the penitentiary...
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Europe
France on alert as rivers keep swelling, disrupting services
Rivers across France kept swelling on Wednesday despite some improvement in the weather, disrupting train services in Paris as soldiers got ready to intervene in a suburb...
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Europe
Puigdemont has right to lead local gov't, Catalan parliament speaker says
Former leader of Catalonia, self-exiled Carles Puigdemont has every right to be elected the new regional leader and has not ruled out taking part in the investiture in Barcelona,...
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Europe
EU citizens to remain free to settle in UK during post-Brexit transition
European Union citizens will remain free to settle in the U.K for about two years after the country leaves the bloc in 2019, Britain's top Brexit official said Wednesday.
Brexit...
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Politics
French police prohibit PYD demonstration in Paris
French police on Tuesday did not allow supporters of the PKK terrorist organization's Syrian offshoot Democratic Union Party (PYD) to stage a demonstration at the U.S. embassy...
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Europe
German conservative urges Social Democrats to hurry up for coalition
A member of Chancellor Merkel's conservatives urged the SPD to finish coalition talks within two to three weeks, warning that Germans are losing trust in the government after months without a coalition deal
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Europe
Knife-wielding man shot at Ghent train station in Belgium
Police in the city of Ghent shot a man armed with a knife in the main entrance hall of a train station, a prosecutor's spokeswoman in Belgium said.
Ghent prosecutor's spokeswoman...
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Europe
Leading member of far-right, anti-Islam AfD converts to Islam
A leading German state member of the Islamophobic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has converted to Islam, the right-wing populist party confirmed on Tuesday.
"The party...
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Europe
PKK supporters attack, vandalize Dutch mosque
Sympathizers of the PKK/PYD terrorist organization attacked a mosque in the Netherlands on Monday night, according to mosque officials.
The windows of the Geylani Mosque,...
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