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France, Germany and Italy call for reform of asylum rules
Germany, France and Italy called for an overhaul of laws on the right of asylum and a fairer distribution of migrants throughout ...4,300 migrants arrive in Athens as govt holds crisis talks
The Greek government was set to hold talks Wednesday on the huge numbers of migrants landing on its shores, as 4,300 more ...Soyuz rocket with three astronauts blasts off for ISS
A Soyuz spacecraft with three astronauts on board, including the first Dane to fly into space, blasted off towards the International Space ...Turkey confirms 18 construction workers kidnapped in Baghdad
Turkey on Wednesday confirmed that 18 Turkish construction workers have been kidnapped by unknown individuals in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.Prison fire kills 17 in Venezuela
A fire at a prison in northern Venezuela has killed 17 people and injured another 11, prosecutors said Monday.Dominica pleads for help as storm death toll tops 30
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is pleading with world leaders to come to the rescue of his Caribbean island nation after it ...Migrants reach Germany as EU asylum rules collapse
Trainloads of migrants arrived in Austria and Germany from Hungary on Monday as European Union asylum rules collapsed under the strain of ...Clashes in Ukraine injure 100 officers after vote on east
Ukraine\'s parliament voted on Monday for constitutional changes to give separatist-minded eastern regions a special status - but divisions in the pro-Western ...IS destroys another ancient temple in Palmyra
The Islamic State jihadist group has blown up parts of the Temple of Bel in Syria\'s ancient city of Palmyra, a monitor ...European leaders call emergency meeting to address migrant crisis
European Union ministers were summoned on Sunday to meet in two weeks\' time to seek urgent solutions to a migration crisis unprecedented ...