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UN Security Council fails to back Russian appeal on Yemen The UN Security Council was unable to agree on a Russian-drafted statement demanding an immediate ceasefire or at least humanitarian pauses in the fighting in Yemen.

02 May 2015 13:13

Violent clashes overshadow start of Milan Expo The opening of Expo 2015 was marred by violent clashes between police and dozens of militants opposed to Milan's hosting of the world fair.

02 May 2015 11:18

Femen and her father ruin France's Marine Le Pen's big day Bare-chested Femen activists making Nazi salutes disrupted a speech by France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen at her National Front party's traditional May 1 rally in Paris.

02 May 2015 10:48

Copy of 'Enola Gay' pilot's log fetches $50,000 at auction A copy of a deeply moving pilot's log, written during the top-secret Enola Gay mission was auctioned in New York on Wednesday for $50,000.

30 April 2015 13:35

Germany spied on French and EU officials for US: report German intelligence services spied on top French officials and the European Commission on behalf of the American spy agency NSA.

30 April 2015 11:07

Russian MP demands probe over sex shops' use of WWII medal A Russian MP asked prosecutors to investigate a sex shop chain for using a depiction of a World War II medal on price tags for vibrators.

30 April 2015 10:08

'I'm still in charge' of Greece debt talks team: Varoufakis Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis insisted in a German newspaper interview that he is still in charge of Greece's team handling crucial talks with creditors.

29 April 2015 20:19

EU's Mogherini sees 'major role' for Iran in Syria talks Iran can play a major role in persuading Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to cooperate in peace talks, EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said.

29 April 2015 14:31

Maddie McCann parents win 500,000 euros in Portugal libel case A former Portuguese police officer who headed the investigation into the 2007 disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann was ordered to pay 500,000 euros to her parents in a libel case.

29 April 2015 13:21

Russia removes Navalny-led opposition party from approved list Russia has withdrawn the opposition Progress Party led by arch Putin foe Alexei Navalny from the list of authorised parties.

29 April 2015 12:50

Radio silence as Russia tries to contact space cargo Russia will try again to make contact with an unmanned cargo ship after communications were lost following the spacecraft's launch toward the International Space Station.

29 April 2015 12:02

French Muslim girl banned from class for wearing long skirt The case of a Muslim girl who was banned from class twice for wearing a long black skirt seen as too openly religious for secular France has sparked an outcry.

29 April 2015 11:40

Italy looks to Milan Expo for taste of recovery Italy is having a party, the whole world is invited and, yes, there will be food; lots of it.

28 April 2015 16:19

As UK election looms, Ireland fears 'Brexit' With elections looming in Britain, the Irish government has taken the unusual step of beginning a campaign to warn its biggest trading partner against leaving the European Union.

28 April 2015 16:14

Obesity in pregnancy puts child at diabetes risk: study Women who are obese while pregnant may put their offspring at risk of childhood diabetes, a condition that requires lifelong insulin therapy.

28 April 2015 12:19

France's Jean-Marie Le Pen hid 2.2 mn euros in Swiss account: report Jean-Marie Le Pen, the elderly founder and former chief of France's far-right Front National, hid 2.2 million euros in a secret account in Switzerland.

28 April 2015 12:04

Germanwings victims remembered in Barcelona memorial service Some 1,500 people attended a memorial service at Barcelona's iconic Sagrada Familia Cathedral, and paid homage to the 150 people killed in Germanwings plane crash.

28 April 2015 10:56

NATO calls for 'comprehensive response' to migrant crisis The plight of migrants in the Mediterranean requires a "comprehensive response", NATO'S head Jens Stoltenberg said.

27 April 2015 20:59

Greek president to visit Berlin 'soon' for war payment talks Greece's president said he hoped to meet his German counterpart soon for talks on Athens' demands for reparations over the Nazi occupation of Greece during World War II.

27 April 2015 20:16

Kazakhstan and Germany sign energy cooperation agreement Kazakhstan’s Centre for Energy Saving and Increasing Energy Efficiency and DENA (German Energy Agency) signed a partnership agreement in Berlin, Germany.

27 April 2015 19:07

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