Europe
GREECE
Greeks go to polls in critical snap general election
Greeks began voting Sunday in a high-stakes election that could put the country, economically battered by crippling austerity measures, on a collision course with the European…
GREECE
Independent Greeks emerge as Syriza coalition option
The anti-bailout Independent Greeks party has emerged as a potential coalition partner for Syriza should the leftists win Sunday’s election, as polls predict.
UKRAINE
Rebels launch deadly offensive in Ukraine's Mariupol
Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, schools, homes and shops Saturday in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol, killing at least 30 people, authorities said.
UKRAINE
Separatists reject ceasefire talks, announce fresh offensive
A rebel leader on Friday rejected any further talk of a ceasefire and announced a new multi-pronged offensive against Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk region.
BELGIUM
Belgium seeks man linked to museum attacks suspect
Belgian police are looking for a man with possible links to the suspect in a May attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels that left four dead. The man was seen with Mehdi…
UKRAINE
Video: The fight to defend Ukraine’s strategic Debaltseve
As fighting in eastern Ukraine continues, the country’s military is struggling to defend the town of Debaltseve, which lies on a strategic road 70 km northeast of Donetsk. FRANCE…
GREECE
In pictures: Syriza rally marks return of hope for Greece
Thousands gathered in central Athens on Thursday to hear Greece’s left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras hail a new era of hope for the downtrodden country as his anti-austerity Syriza…
EUROZONE
ECB plans to purchase €60 billion in bonds per month
The European Central Bank (ECB) unveiled plans Thursday for a massive bond-buying programme that would see the bank purchase €60 billion in bonds per month through September 2016…
UKRAINE
Ukrainian troops forced to withdraw from Donetsk airport
Ukraine's military said Thursday that attacks by pro-Russian insurgents had forced it to abandon Donetsk's devastated airport after days of fighting as a mortar struck…
UK
IS group 'the challenge of our time' Kerry tells London talks
Foreign ministers from the coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group gathered for talks in London Thursday, with the threat posed by jihadists returning after training…
UKRAINE
Russia, Ukraine agree to partial weapons withdrawal
Diplomats from Russia and Ukraine agreed Wednesday to pull back heavy weapons from an agreed demarcation line in accordance with the Minsk agreement of September, just hours…
GERMANY
German anti-Islam PEGIDA leader quits over Hitler photo
The leader of the fast-growing German anti-Muslim movement PEGIDA resigned on Wednesday after reports that he called refugees “scumbags” and a photo of him posing as Hitler…
FRANCE
Paris gunman ‘stopped’ by police days before kosher store attack
The gunman who killed four shoppers at a Paris kosher store on January 9 was stopped by a police patrol just days before his deadly rampage but promptly let go, French weekly Le…
TERRORISM
Europe to announce new steps to counter terrorism
French and European officials will unveil new counter-terrorism measures Wednesday in Brussels, including possible changes to the bloc's Schengen visa-free travel zone, in…
FRANCE
