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Merkel, Orban mark Iron Curtain anniversary amid new divides 19 Aug 2019 - 12:12 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses for media at the Chancellery during the German Federal Government open day on August 18, 2019 in Berlin. / AFP / Tobias SCHWARZ
Italy's 5-Star says Salvini no longer a credible partner 18 Aug 2019 - 07:46 pm
Italy's Interior Minister and deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini gestures during a press conference after the National Committee for Order and Public Safety in Castel Volturno south of Naples, on August 15, 2019. AFP / Eliano IMPERATO
Wildfire forces 4,000 to evacuate in Spain's Canary Islands 18 Aug 2019 - 07:39 pm
The trees above the road of the forested peaks of Valleseco are engulfed in flames during the new forest fire that broke out just days after another blaze raged in the same area, in the Grand Canary Island of Spain, August 17, 2019.   AFP / DESIREE MARTIN
UK's Johnson to visit European capitals seeking Brexit breakthrough 18 Aug 2019 - 06:21 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson drinks from a HMP Leeds prison mug as he talks with prison staff during a visit to HM Prison Leeds, a Category B men's prison in Leeds, northern England, on August 13, 2019. / AFP / POOL / Jon Super
Gibraltar refuses U.S. request to seize Iranian tanker 18 Aug 2019 - 04:03 pm
An Iranian flag flies at Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, before being named as Grace 1, as it sits anchored after the Supreme Court of the British territory lifted its detention order, in the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 18, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Naz
Russian opposition figure detained upon release from jail 18 Aug 2019 - 03:05 pm
Peninsula
Italy's Salvini tells ship with 107 migrants to go to Spain 18 Aug 2019 - 02:29 pm
One of the twenty-seven unaccompanied minors aboard the Guardia di Finanza boat arrive at Italian island of Lampedusa on August 17, 2019 after being evacuated off the Spanish migrant NGO rescue ship Open Arms, moored off the coast of the island. AFP / Ale
Russian nuclear plant turns off unit after safety system error 18 Aug 2019 - 01:38 pm
Peninsula
Reluctant Salvini allows minors to leave Italy migrant ship 17 Aug 2019 - 07:24 pm
A minor who was among migrants stranded on the Spanish migrant rescue ship Open Arms disembarks in Lampedusa, Italy August 17, 2019. (REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane)
Eight killed in Ukraine hotel fire 17 Aug 2019 - 09:48 am
Peninsula
Greenland to Trump: Thanks, but we're not for sale 16 Aug 2019 - 09:00 pm
Snow covered mountains rise above the harbour and town of Tasiilaq, Greenland, June 15, 2018. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo)
Veteran UK politicians asked to lead potential anti-Brexit government 16 Aug 2019 - 08:32 pm
Labour politician Harriet Harman joins a vigil in Trafalgar Square the day after an attack, in London, Britain March 23, 2017. (REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo)
Dutch Princess Christina, sister of former queen, dies at 72 16 Aug 2019 - 12:36 pm
Princess Christina (R) poses with her husband Jorge Guillermo, in The Hague, the Netherlands, on June 1, 1980.  - Netherlands OUT / AFP / ANP / Martijn Beekman
Corbyn plan to become UK’s caretaker prime minister falls flat 15 Aug 2019 - 06:53 pm
Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in London on January 14, 2019. (AFP / Tolga Akmen/file photo)
Rome court says migrant ship can enter Italy's waters, overriding Salvini 14 Aug 2019 - 07:35 pm
This file photo taken on July 17, 2018 shows the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms' Astral sailing boat during a rescue mission in the Mediterranean open about 85 miles off the Libyan coast. (AFP / PAU BARRENA)
Teenage activist Greta takes climate campaign to the high seas 14 Aug 2019 - 05:26 pm
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (C) climbs aboard the Malizia II IMOCA class sailing yacht from an RIB off the coast of Plymouth, southwest England, on August 14, 2019, as she prepares to start her journey across the Atlantic to New York where she
'Collaborators' are undermining Britain's Brexit bet, PM says 14 Aug 2019 - 05:05 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson drinks from a HMP Leeds prison mug as he talks with prison staff during a visit to HM Prison Leeds, a Category B men's prison in Leeds, northern England, on August 13, 2019. / AFP / POOL / Jon Super
No-deal Brexit will be stopped, former finance minister Hammond says 14 Aug 2019 - 12:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond leaves the BBC studios in London, Britain, July 21, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo