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The G7 is to more closely examine Russia's attempts to sow "doubt and confusion" abroad, Britain's foreign secretary has said. The announcement was made on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting in Canada.
During separate talks with President Donald Trump this week, Macron and Merkel will urge the US to stick to the Iran nuclear deal. In an interview with Fox News, the French leader warned there is no "Plan B."
Street protests have forced the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, just days after he took up the post. The rapid turn of events could shake up Russia's interests in the region.
German chancellor Angela Merkel says that letting in legal migrants from a UN program helps head off illegal migration. Her remarks were made before a meeting with UN High Commissioner on Refugees Filippo Grandi.
Germany's under-equipped military, the Bundeswehr, wants to spend hundreds of millions on new weapons. Some of the money will go toward leasing drones from Israel, but first the government needs a new budget.
Saleh al-Samad, the acting head of the Houthi administration in northern Yemen, was killed last week in a Saudi-led coalition air raid. A rebel-run TV channel confirmed his death on Monday.
Salah Abdeslam, the last remaining suspect in the 2015 Paris attacks, has been found guilty of attempted terrorist murder in a separate trial in Brussels. He has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The European Commission has proposed protective measures to ensure whistleblowers can safely report unlawful activity. The bill would harmonize fragmented legislation across the bloc.
Investigators said they have "strong suspicions" that former members of the human rights body engaged in corruption. Azerbaijan is believed to have exerted influence to whitewash its human rights record.
Only one other EU country ranks higher according to the percentage of people who think income differences have grown too far. A majority of respondents in Germany also think they live in a country of equal opportunities.
The Goldman Environmental Foundation has announced the seven recipients of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s largest and most prestigious award for grassroots environmental activists. Six were women.
The school is being widely lauded for its efforts to empower Pakistan's marginalized transgender community. But will it change the widely entrenched conservative mindset? Shah Meer Baloch reports from Lahore.
Jewish life is returning to Poland, but it’s a painstaking process – one that isn’t made any easier by the current government’s policies on commemoration. Rina Soloveitchik pays a visit to a Jewish community in Warsaw.
A report has attributed a rise in hate crimes against Muslims in the US partly to the policies and rhetoric of US President Donald Trump. The 2017 rise is lower than the 44 percent spike the previous year, but worrisome.
Police on Lesbos cleared the main port area on Monday following a clash between far-right extremists and migrants. While no longer a key transit point for entering Europe, the Greek island suffers severe over-crowding.
The bill aims to ease bureaucracy, support migrant integration and speed up deportations, among other measures. But it was not without controversy on the left, right and within Emmanuel Macron's governing LREM party.
The search-and-rescue ship Aquarius saved nearly 300 people in the Mediterranean Sea over Easter. European maritime authorities prevented the NGO workers from rescuing 80-90 men during one operation.
A British judge has ordered the extradition of Ivica Todoric — the founder of Croatian food group Agrokor, who faces charges of fraud related to the near-bankruptcy of what was once Croatia's biggest private company.
Christened 'Jorge' when he was born in Argentina, Pope Francis is celebrating his Saint's Day not with a dragon but a gelato. He is sharing the ice cream with 3,000 of Rome's poor and homeless.
A judge in Scotland said the video of a pug raising its paw to a Nazi phrase "contained menacing, anti-Semitic and racist material." The man responsible said he had intended the video to be a joke.
The passenger saved the healthy snack she was given on a plane for her onward flight. But her idea proved costly when she ran into agents from US customs agency at the airport.
When individual council members would rather illegally accept money and gifts instead of fighting corruption, then there’s no need for the Council of Europe anymore, says DW’s Max Hofmann.
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The new addition to the royal family has arrived! Kate, Prince William's wife, gave birth to a baby boy, the couple's third child. The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth.
Jailed Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid "Shawkan," has been selected for the 2018 UNESCO Press Freedom Prize.
1,000 refugees, 3,000 Poles, Germans who've lost their country of birth: What do people in Görlitz see as "Heimat"?
E-planes will be the future transport mode for short distances, says Josef Kallo from the German Aerospace Center.
Rapid growth in China has created unprecedented opportunities, particularly for women. Discrimination remains, however.
Why did Hwang Kim choose pizza of all things? It's a seemingly silly project with serious goals.
Manchester City winger Sané has been named the English Professional Footballers' Association Young Player of the Year.
They risk everything for the truth. But what price do they pay for their revelations?
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The Matritsa narrow-gauge railway is crucial to the survival of villages in the Caucasus Mountains.
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Local politicians worry that homeless people might spoil Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s wedding.
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Two of three women in Kosovo become victims of domestic violence.
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Ibiza is using flamingos to campaign for more sustainability and polish the party island's image.
