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Ecuador accuses UK of threat to storm its London embassy to arrest Julian Assange
Ecuador has accused the UK of making a "threat" to enter its embassy in London to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Julian Assange, 41, took...
Prince Philip taken to hospital again as a precautionary measure
Prince Philip has been taken to hospital as a "precautionary measure" after a recurrence of a bladder infection, Buckingham Palace has said. The Duke of...
Eurozone economy shrinks by 0.2% from April to June
The economy of the eurozone shrank 0.2% in the three months from April to June compared with the previous quarter. The figures from Eurostat covering...
German economy grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2012
German economy grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2012, helped by exports and domestic consumption. Earlier, France announced its economy had recorded zero...
Paolo Gabriele, Pope’s ex-butler, to stand trial for stealing confidential papers
Paolo Gabriele, former butler to Pope Benedict XVI, will stand trial for stealing confidential papers and leaking them to the press, a magistrate has...
Italian airline Wind Jet suspends flights leaving hundreds of passengers stranded
Italian cash-strapped budget airline Wind Jet has suspended all its flights, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. At Rome's Fiumicino airport, some 200 Israeli nationals -...
Canary Islands fresh fires blaze forced 4,700 people to leave their homes
Firefighting teams in Spain’s Canary Islands are struggling anew to contain forest fires said to have forced some 4,700 people to leave their homes. On the island...
Drunk Norwegian tourist naps on moving baggage belt at Rome’s Fiumicino airport
X-ray has identified a Norwegian tourist sleeping on a moving baggage belt at Rome's Fiumicino airport. The unnamed 36 year-old man reportedly climbed over one...
Paris catacombs: bones and skulls of 6 million dead fill 200-mile network of caves and tunnels
Below Paris' 12million residents lay the remains of 6 million others - known as France's Empire of the Dead, a world which is brought...
Vladimir Putin’s hand kissed by Russian Orthodox priest
Russian President Vladimir Putin reacts awkwardly as a priest bows to kiss his hand during a visit to country's northern Valaam Island. Vladimir Putin visited...
Angela Merkel running “The Fourth Reich”: Silvio Berlusconi’s newspaper prints picture of Chancellor in Nazi salute
Italian newspaper Il Giornale, owned by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has caused controversy by printing a front page headline which said “Fourth Reich”...
Greek police to deport more than 1,600 illegal immigrants
Greek police has announced that more than 1,600 illegal immigrants will be deported following a major crackdown in Athens in recent days. More than 6,000...
King Juan Carlos falling over during Madrid military visit
King Juan Carlos I of Spain, who is still recovering from his fall in Botswana and who has been using a crutch, took another...
European markets fall following ECB’s proposals
European markets have fallen after the European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi said the bank would come up with ways to help struggling...
Three al-Qaeda members arrested in Spain
Three men suspected to be al-Qaeda members have been arrested in San Roque and Almuradiel, southern Spain. Explosive material was seized at an address in...
Boris Johnson left dangling on zip wire at an Olympic live screen event
London’s Mayor Boris Johnson was left dangling on a zip wire for several minutes when it stopped working at an Olympic live screen event. Boris...
Golden Dawn party hands out free food only to Greek nationals
Far-right Golden Dawn party in Greece has handed out free food to hundreds of struggling people in central Athens, but only to Greek nationals. The...
Pussy Riot’s Mariya Alekhina falls ill during trial
Mariya Alekhina, one of the three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, on trial for an anti-Putin protest at Moscow's main cathedral, has...
Bulgaria releases Burgas bomber image
Bulgarian police have released a composite image of the suspected suicide bomber who killed five Israeli tourists and a local driver on a bus on...
Hans Kristian Rausing sentenced for preventing Eva Rausing’s burial
Tetra Pack billionaire Hans Kristian Rausing has been sentenced after admitting preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife, Eva Rausing. The body of...
Activist Alexei Navalny charged with embezzlement
Russian anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny has been charged with embezzlement in a case he describes as "strange and absurd". Federal investigators in Moscow brought charges...
Oxford University changes gender dress code
Oxford University students will no longer have to wear gender-specific academic clothing after concerns it was unfair to the transgender community. It will mean men...
Romania votes on President Traian Basescu’s impeachment
Romanians are voting in a referendum on whether to impeach President Traian Basescu. Traian Basescu has already been suspended by parliament in a series of...
Poland: four hikers killed by lightning in Pieniny mountains
Four people hiking in Pieniny mountains, southern Poland, were killed by lightning, Polish media report. The four, a couple in their 50s, their daughter and...
Jose Manuel Barroso in Athens for Greece economy talks
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is heading to Athens for talks on Thursday amid concern over whether Greece has done enough to get...
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