Europe
EU to extend Russia sanctions to January 2016
EU member states agreed Wednesday to extend damaging economic sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis by another six months to the ...Lithuania says can take in 250 refugees, migrants
Lithuania said Wednesday it has decided to resettle up to 250 Syrian refugees, migrants and asylum seekers transferred from Italy and Greece, ...Hungary orders Serbian border closed to keep out migrants
Hungary announced plans on Wednesday to build a four-meter-high fence along its border with Serbia to stem the flow of illegal migrants, ...Escaped Georgia zoo tiger kills man in Tbilisi, is shot dead
A tiger that killed a man in the central square of Georgia\'s capital Tbilisi Wednesday was shot dead, officials said, four days ...Former Turkey President Suleyman Demirel dies at age 90
Former Turkish President Suleyman Demirel, who was twice toppled by the military during seven stints as the head of government, died early ...Greek PM attacks creditors as pressure builds for debt deal
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday accused international creditors of trying to "humiliate" his country and called on Europe to reconsider ...Greek centrist party calls on Tsipras to reach deal soon
The leader of Greece\'s centrist To Potami party called on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday to reach a deal with the ...Italy warns EU solidarity at risk over migrant crisis
Italy warned Tuesday that EU solidarity is at stake if the 28-nation bloc fails to reach a deal on sharing the burden ...British scientists hunt for Viking traces in Norman DNA
British researchers on Monday began collecting the DNA of residents from Normandy in northern France in search of Viking heritage, but the ...Swedish prosecutors plan to question Assange in June or July
Swedish prosecutors plan to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at Ecuador\'s embassy in London in June or July, the prosecutor said on ...




