Europe
Estonia marks 100th anniversary of independence declaration
Estonia on Saturday celebrated 100 years since declaring independence with a military parade and other festivities in the Baltic state, which is ...Dutch parliament recognizes 1915 Armenian massacre as genocide
The Dutch parliament on Thursday passed a motion recognizing as genocide the massacre of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in 1915, ...EU calls for renewed Syria peace efforts
EU foreign ministers voiced concern at developments in Syria on Thursday, calling for a renewal of UN-led efforts to end the conflict.71 feared dead in Russian passenger plane crash
A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed outside Moscow on Sunday after taking off from the capital\'s Domodedovo airport, officials and ...Merkel clinches German coalition govt deal, hurdle remains
Chancellor Angela Merkel finally reached a deal Wednesday to form a new German coalition government, handing the powerful finance ministry to the ...Iceland closes gender gap but violence against women remains
For nine years in a row, the World Economic Forum has ranked Iceland as having the world\'s smallest gender-equality gap, and for ...Deadly explosion at major European gas hub in Austria
A large explosion rocked one of Europe\'s main gas pipeline hubs on Tuesday, leaving one person dead and stoking concerns about the ...Bosnian war criminal Slobodan Praljak dies after drinking poison in UN court
A convicted war criminal from Croatia swallowed what he said was poison and died Wednesday after a United Nations court in the ...2,500 job losses as UK cigarette supplier collapses
Britain\'s biggest cigarette wholesaler, Palmer & Harvey (P&H), collapsed into administration on Tuesday, with around 2,500 staff facing redundancy, its administrator PwC ...Norway reveals rape and sexual assault scandal in Lapland
Norwegian police said Tuesday they had uncovered 151 alleged sexual assau lts, including child rape, in a small community in Lapland, sending ...




