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U.S. weighs near-term Assad military retrenchment in Syria
The United States and its allies are weighing the possibility that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, under growing military pressure, may soon narrow ...Slovenia detains former Kosovo PM on Serbian warrant
Former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj, acquitted by a UN court of war crimes during the 1990s Kosovo conflict, said he was ...Crisis deepens as Greek central bank warns of euro exit
The Greek central bank warned for the first time on Wednesday that the country could suffer a "painful" exit from the eurozone ...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 ...