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Germanwings flight 4U 9525 crashes in French Alps killing 150 people

A Germanwings Airbus A320 plane has crashed in the southern French Alps between Barcelonnette and Digne, French aviation officials and…

10 years ago

France local elections 2015: Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP holds off Marine Le Pen’s FN on first round

Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party and its allies have taken first place in the first…

10 years ago

Richard III’s remains arrive at Leicester Cathedral ahead of reburial

Richard III's long-lost remains have arrived at Leicester Cathedral in the UK ahead of the former king’s reburial. The funeral…

10 years ago

Viktor Yanukovych’s son dies at Lake Baikal in Russia

Viktor Yanukovych Jr., the younger son of ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has drowned in Lake Baikal in Russia, reports…

10 years ago

France local elections 2015: Marine Le Pen’s National Front expected to score big gains

French people are voting in local elections in which Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Front party (FN) is expected to…

10 years ago

Abdullah Ocalan calls for PKK fighters to end armed struggle in Turkey

Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey, has renewed a call for his fighters to end…

10 years ago

Dieudonne gets 2-month suspended sentence for condoning terrorism

Dieudonne M'bala M'bala has been found guilty of condoning terrorism after Paris attacks two months ago. The controversial French comedian…

10 years ago

Frankfurt riot: Blockupy protesters target new ECB headquarter

Some 350 people arrested and dozens injured as anti-austerity demonstrators clashed with police in Frankfurt, Germany. Police cars were set…

10 years ago

Cervantes’ tomb found in Madrid’s Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians

Miguel de Cervantes’ tomb has been found in Madrid, nearly 400 years after his death, Spanish forensic scientists say. Scientists…

10 years ago

Lufthansa pilots strike announced for March 18

Lufthansa pilots have announced they would go on strike on March 18, affecting the airline's short and medium-haul flights. The…

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