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European Council agrees on 2014-2020 EU budget
EU leaders have reached agreement on the 7-year budget for 2014-2020 after marathon talks in Brussels. The deal was announced by European Council President Herman...
UK demands further cuts at EU budget summit
British PM David Cameron says he will not accept an European Union budget deal unless further cuts are made in negotiations in Brussels. EU leaders...
EU new cybercrime reporting rules
Over 40,000 firms, including energy providers, banks and hospitals could be required to report cyber-break-ins under new rules proposed by the EU. It is part...
EU to begin 7-year budget summit in Brussels
European Union leaders are due to begin a two-day summit in Brussels to try to strike a deal on its next seven years budget. High...
Sarai Sierra had an affair with Taylan K she met on the internet before she went missing in Istanbul
Sarai Sierra, the married New York mother who was murdered while on a solo trip to Turkey, had sex the day before she vanished...
Tatiana Kozlenko sacked by Aeroflot after picture showing her giving passengers the finger goes viral
Flight attendant Tatiana Kozlenko, who posted a picture of herself giving her passengers the finger, has been sacked by Aeroflot airline. Tatiana Kozlenko put the...
Annette Schavan: German education minister stripped of doctorate over plagiarism
University of Duesseldorf in Germany has voted to strip Education Minister Annette Schavan of her doctorate after an investigation into plagiarism allegations. The University of...
Burgas bus bombing linked to Hezbollah
The bus bombing that killed five Israelis and a driver in Burgas, Bulgaria, last year was most likely the work of Lebanon's Hezbollah militants,...
Parisian women allowed to wear trousers
France’s government has decided to overturn a 200-year-old ban on women wearing trousers. The Minister of Women's Rights, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, said that the ban was...
Malala Yousafzai: Malala Fund set up to help all children get an education
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban last year, has spoken for the first time describing how...
Malala Yousafzai recovering after skull surgery in Birmingham
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban, is now recovering after skull surgery in Birmingham. Malala Yousafzai, 15,...
Sarai Sierra: missing US tourist found dead in Istanbul
Sarai Sierra, a US woman who disappeared last month while on holiday in Turkey, has been found dead in Istanbul, reports say. The body of...
DHKP-C Marxist group claims US embassy suicide attack in Ankara
Turkish Marxist group Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) has claimed it carried a suicide attack on the US embassy in Ankara on Friday. DHKP-C said...
Mel Greig and Michael Christian will not face charges over Kate Middleton hoax
Australian DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian, who made a hoax call to the UK hospital treating Kate Middleton, will not face charges, the...
Battle of Stalingrad 70th anniversary celebrated in Russia
President Vladimir Putin will lead Russia tributes to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Stalingrad. The city of Stalingrad, which...
Stalingrad name revived for official commemorations
Volgograd, the Russian city once known as Stalingrad, is to regain its old name during commemorations of the famous World War II battle on...
Explosion at US embassy in Ankara kills at least one person
At least one person has been killed in a blast outside the US embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, with reports that it was...
Nemoguca Misija: Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić in Basic Instinct moment during TV prank
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić was the subject of an X-rated TV prank which left him feeling a little overexposed after he was flashed...
Ryanair loses EU ash cloud case
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair should have fully compensated a passenger whose flight was cancelled because of the volcanic ash cloud in 2010, the EU's...
Russia abandons US anti-drug accord in apparent sign of worsening relations
Russian government has decided to abandon an agreement with the US on fighting crime and the drugs trade, in an apparent sign of worsening...
Malala Yousafzai to undergo skull repair surgery at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai will soon undergo skull surgery to repair a missing area. Surgeons at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital have been giving details...
Vladimir Putin and Alina Kabaeva rumored to have a second love child
Russian President Vladimir Putin is now rumored to have a second love child with former Olympian gymnast Alina Kabaeva. Vladimir Putin has long been linked...
Vladimir Zhirinovsky pelted with sour cabbage at press conference
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of extreme right-wing Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), was pelted with sour cabbage during a news conference in the Ukrainian...
UK sends troops to Mali to support French forces
The UK has decided to deploy about 330 military personnel to Mali and West Africa to support French forces, No 10 has said. This includes...
France is bankrupt, admits Employment Minister Michel Sapin
French Employment Minister Michel Sapin made it clear that his government's tax-and-spend policies are just not working and admitted that France is bankrupt. Just half...
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