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Athens rallies against austerity ahead of eurozone crunch talks
A few thousand demonstrators rallied in front of the parliament in Athens on Wednesday to protest against austerity and back the leftist ...France to create 11,000 places for asylum seekers, refugees
The French government said on Wednesday it would create 11,000 places to house refugees and asylum seekers as the number of people ...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 ...North Korea says hit by worst drought in 100 years
North Korea has been hit by what it describes as its worst drought in a century, which could worsen chronic food shortages ...Hong Kong braced for vote on its future
Hong Kong lawmakers began a debate on Wednesday on a Beijing-backed electoral reform proposal that will define the city\'s democratic future and ...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 ...