Europe
SPAIN
Mass rally in Madrid for anti-austerity Podemos party
Tens of thousands marched in the Spanish capital Madrid on Saturday in a show of support for fledgling leftist anti-austerity party Podemos, whose surging popularity has drawn…
ITALY
Italian lawmakers elect Judge Sergio Mattarella as president
After three initial rounds of voting this week, Italian lawmakers on Saturday elected constitutional court judge and centre-left politician Sergio Mattarella as president on…
UKRAINE
Ukraine talks to begin amid fierce fighting in Debaltseve
Kiev's leaders hope to hold truce talks Saturday with pro-Russian separatists despite heavy fighting in Debaltseve, a railway hub that could prove a crucial link between the…
GREECE
Greece warned against trying to reverse bailout deals
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday rejected the prospect of a new round of debt relief for Greece's multibillion-euro bailout, a day after the head of the Eurogroup…
UKRAINE
New round of Ukraine peace talks to be held in Belarus
Representatives from Ukraine, Russia and European security watchdog the OSCE will meet in Belarus’s capital Minsk on Friday for a new round of talks aimed at ending fierce…
NATO - SPAIN
NATO jet crash due to technical failure, French army says
The F-16 fighter jet that crashed during a NATO exercise in Spain on Monday, killing 11, experienced a technical failure during takeoff and the two pilots tried to eject, the…
GREECE
Poverty, health crisis among battles for Greece's Syriza
Greece’s massive debt crisis has led to mounting poverty across the country and has left deep psychological scars that, despite the historic victory of the radical left Syriza…
GREECE
Greece’s new cabinet sends defiant message to EU
Greece’s new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has picked a staunch critic of austerity as his finance minister, signalling his resolve to take a tough line with Greece’s creditors…
RUSSIA - UK
Putin ordered death of ex-spy Litvinenko, UK inquiry told
As a long-awaited UK inquiry began Tuesday into the death of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, who died in London after drinking tea laced with polonium, investigators were…
UKRAINE
Video: Russia bans Ukraine salt as 'unsanitary'
As fighting rages on between government forces and pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine, Kiev has found itself entrenched in an ongoing economic battle with Moscow.
HOLOCAUST
World remembers Auschwitz liberation 70 years on
Seventy years after the liberation of Auschwitz, Holocaust survivors and world leaders gathered in Poland Tuesday for a commemoration ceremony to mark the date.
HOLOCAUST
Auschwitz survivors return 70 years after liberation
Some of the last remaining survivors of Auschwitz will return to the site of the Nazi death camp in Poland on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of its liberation by Soviet…
Q&A GREEK VOTE
Syriza victory ‘a challenge for Europe’s moderate left’
Left-wing European parties are hoping Syriza’s election win in Greece will lead to a “domino effect” across the austerity-struck continent. French historian Marc Lazar told…
SPAIN
Nine French among dead in fighter jet crash in Spain
Eleven people were killed – including nine French nationals – and several injured after a Greek fighter plane crashed upon takeoff during NATO training in Spain on Monday.
UKRAINE
