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6,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean as traffic grows 21 Mar 2017 - 03:15 pm
Would be immigrants wait to disembark in the port of Catania, on the island of Sicily on March 21, 2017 from the ship
Greek police confiscate 8 packages with explosives 21 Mar 2017 - 01:32 pm
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Serbian police seize over a ton of marijuana 21 Mar 2017 - 01:18 pm
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Merkel warns Germany could ban Turkish campaign events 20 Mar 2017 - 04:03 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves the stage after she delivered her speech at the official opening of the CeBIT technology fair in Hanover, central Germany, on March 19, 2017. AFP / Odd ANDERSEN
Paris fraud squad offices evacuated over bomb scare 20 Mar 2017 - 03:51 pm
French gendarmes with a detection dog and police stand in front of the French financial prosecutor's offices following a bomb alert in central Paris, France, March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Britain to launch Brexit process on March 29 20 Mar 2017 - 02:27 pm
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani speaks to the media as he arrives to attend the European Union (EU) Leaders Summit in Brussels, Belgium on March 9, 2017. Dursun Aydemir - AA
Norway unseats Denmark as world's happiest country - report 20 Mar 2017 - 09:22 am
FILE PHOTO - A man walks with a child near the marina in downtown Bergen, southwestern Norway, March 20, 2012. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/File Photo
In pro-Brexit Kent, farmers count on EU workforce 19 Mar 2017 - 07:02 pm
Workers plant salad crops in a field in Wrotham, south east England on March 13, 2017. Resentment about the scale of immigration helped determine the result of the Brexit vote in Kent, known as the
Brussels to mark attacks anniversary with sound, not silence 19 Mar 2017 - 10:52 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 22, 2016 shows passengers evacuating the Brussels Airport, in Zaventem, after a string of explosions rocked Brussels airport and a city metro station. Belgium will mark on March 22, 2017, the first anniversary of dea
Brexit puts EU lifeblood of British hospitals at risk 19 Mar 2017 - 10:37 am
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Labour drought in Europe's east as workers go west 19 Mar 2017 - 10:08 am
While the Czech Republic has 140,000 vacant jobs primarily in the manufacturing sector, car-making hub Slovakia needs technicians while Bulgaria is desperate for engineers.
Avoiding risky sea journey, Syrian refugees head to Italy 'pronto' 19 Mar 2017 - 09:59 am
Syrian refugees, who were granted humanitarian visas by the Italian government gather at the departures hall in Beirut's International airport on March 1, 2017 ahead of their flight to Rome. AFP / JOSEPH EID
Germany's Schulz to set out plan for taking down Merkel 19 Mar 2017 - 08:56 am
Former European parliament president and candidate for Chancellor of Germany's social democratic (SPD) party Martin Schulz (R) and Secretary General of the SPD Katarina Barley tour the Arena Berlin, one day ahead of the party congress on March 18, 2017 in
No other countries will quit EU after Britain: EU chief Juncker 18 Mar 2017 - 08:39 pm
President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker speaks to the media as he arrives to attend the European Union (EU) Leaders Summit in Brussels, Belgium on March 9, 2017. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )
Attacker shot dead at Paris' Orly airport 18 Mar 2017 - 08:08 pm
An airport CCTV screen image shows a man on the ground inside Orly Sud terminal following a shooting incident at Orly Airport near Paris, France March 18, 2017. REUTERS/CCTV via Twitter
Who are France's presidential candidates? 18 Mar 2017 - 07:40 pm
A combination picture shows candidates for the French 2017 presidential election, 1st row L-R : Nathalie Arthaud, France's extreme-left Lutte Ouvriere political party (LO) leader, Francois Asselineau, UPR candidate, Jacques Cheminade, Nicolas Dupont-Aigna
Paris airport terminal may stay shut till late Saturday 18 Mar 2017 - 02:31 pm
Emergency services at Orly airport southern terminal after a shooting incident near Paris, France March 18, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Eleven candidates qualified for first round of French election 18 Mar 2017 - 02:23 pm
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Africa

Sudan Airways members of staff celebrate as they stand at the door of the first domestic flight arriving from Port Sudan, after it landed at Khartoum International Airport following a three-year hiatus, on February 1, 2026. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP) Sudan's Khartoum International Airport receives 1st commercial flight in nearly 3 years
(FILES) A general view of the mine pits and the town in Rubaya on March 5, 2025. (Photo by Camille Laffont / AFP) 'At least 200' feared dead in DR Congo landslide: govt
Representational image freepik Ethiopia officially bans single-use plastic bags
Image taken from official Fela Kuti Instagram account Fela Kuti to be first African to get Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award

Americas

Costa Rica presidential candidate from the Sovereign People Party, laura Fernandez, gestures to supporters during her victory speech after the presidential election results at the Aurola Hotel, in San Jose on February 1, 2026. (Photo by Marvin Recinos/ AFP) Laura Fernandez wins Costa Rica presidential election
Human rights activist Javier Tarazona (L) greets his brother Jose Rafael Tarazona (R) and his mother Teresa de Jesus Sanchez after his release from prison at La Candelaria church in Caracas on February 1, 2026. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) Prominent Venezuelan activist released after over four years in jail
This handout image released by the Gastonia Police Department shows a semi-truck struck by a freight train at the intersection of Poplar Street and Airline Avenue in Gastonia, north of downtown Charlotte, North Carolina on January 31, 2026 amid a winter snowstorm affecting the region. Photo by Gastonia Police Department / AFP Snowstorm disrupts travel in southern US as blast of icy weather widens
The new head of the United States diplomatic mission for Venezuela Laura Dogu (C) walking upon arrival to Maiquetia International Airport, La Guaira state, Venezuela on January 31, 2025. (Photo by Handout / US Embassy / Venezuela Affairs Unit / AFP) New head of US mission in Venezuela arrives as ties warm

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