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One dead in knife attack in Hamburg supermarket, motive unclear 28 Jul 2017 - 08:10 pm
Police investigator work at the area around a supermarket in the northern German city of Hamburg, where a man killed one person and wounded several others in a knife attack, on July 28, 2017. (AFP / dpa / Markus Scholz)
Swedish PM removes two ministers in data scandal 27 Jul 2017 - 02:02 pm
(L-R) Sweden's Infrastructure Minister Thomas Eneroth, Migration Minister Helene Fritzon, Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, Social Security Minister Annika Strandhall, and Minister for Home Affairs and Justice Morgan Johansso
Catalan MPs vote disputed reform to pave way for referendum 26 Jul 2017 - 09:03 pm
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Greek cities eke out resources to help the vulnerable 26 Jul 2017 - 08:04 pm
Mules transport goods from commercial ferry on the Greek island of Hydra on November 12, 2016.  AFP / Louisa Gouliamaki
Romania urges EU to end “double standards” in food labelling 26 Jul 2017 - 07:15 pm
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Poland crisis threatens EU order 25 Jul 2017 - 07:46 pm
People attend a protest against judicial reforms in Poznan, Poland, July 24, 2017. Agencja Gazeta/Lukasz Cynalewski via REUTERS
Pope’s treasurer faces sex abuse charges in Australia, a grim reminder for his home town 24 Jul 2017 - 06:18 pm
Peter Blenkiron and Philip Nagle react as they sit in a cafe in Cardinal George Pell's hometown, just days before the Vatican treasurer's first court appearance on historic sex charges, in the town of Ballarat, located west of the southern city of Melbour
Parents of terminally-ill UK baby end fight for US treatment 24 Jul 2017 - 05:21 pm
Supporters of the terminally-ill British baby Charlie Gard react after the announcement that his parents have abandoned their legal fight to take their son to the US for experimental treatment at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on July 24, 2017. (AF
Strong aftershocks test nerves on Greek island after quake 23 Jul 2017 - 12:06 am
Workers remove rubble from a quake-damaged mosque in the central square of the Greek Island of Kos, yesterday.
Walesa urges Poles to protect democracy by 'all means' 23 Jul 2017 - 12:06 am
Protesters hold candles and shout slogans as they take part in a demonstration in front of the Polish Parliament.
German runaway girl who joined Islamic State is found in Mosul 22 Jul 2017 - 08:21 pm
The market square of Pulsnitz near Dresden, eastern Germany, is pictured on July 22, 2017. A German 16-year-old girl originating from Pulsnitz and suspected of joining the Islamic State jihadists in Iraq was arrested last week in Mosul, a German judicial
Senate opens debate on Poland court bill 22 Jul 2017 - 02:12 am
People raise candles and hold a Polish flag  during a protest in front of the Presidential Palace, in Warsaw, yesterday.
UK royals hear children's concert, see Hamburg Airbus plant 22 Jul 2017 - 02:12 am
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Greenpeace activists protest near oil rig in Norway’s Arctic sea area 22 Jul 2017 - 02:12 am
Greenpeace activists hold banners during a protest next to Statoil's Songa Enabler oil rig in the Barents sea, Norway, yesterday.
Spain threatens to cut Catalonia funds over referendum 22 Jul 2017 - 02:12 am
Former President of the Catalan Government Artur Mas and Catalan Parliament President Carme Forcadell applaud during a demo by Catalans in Barcelona on November 13, 2016 (AFP / LLUIS GENE)
Polish government presses on with court overhaul as criticism grows 22 Jul 2017 - 12:01 am
Opposition senators hold papers that read 'Independent Courts
Russia backs bill to strip 'terrorists' of citizenship 19 Jul 2017 - 01:22 pm
Putin called for such a law after the April 3 attack in the second city of Saint Petersburg by a bomber who was born in Kyrgyzstan but then gained Russian citizenship.
Montenegro wildfires rage but 'under control' in Croatia 19 Jul 2017 - 12:19 pm
Local men look on during the extinguishing operation in Tivat, Montenegro on July 18, 2017. 150 fire department workers, soldiers and local people mobilized to extinguish the forest fires in Western Balkan countries; Montenegro, Croatia and Bosnia and Her