Europe
GREECE
Greece warned against trying to reverse bailout deals
The head of the Eurogroup warned on Friday that Greece could not ignore its international obligations, after a first meeting with the new anti-austerity government that wants to…
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
Several dead in Ukraine fighting as rebels press offensive
At least nine people, including seven soldiers, have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine over the past 24 hours, officials said Monday, two days after a series of rocket…
GREECE
In pictures: Greek voters reject austerity in defiance of EU
Greece’s radical-left Syriza swept to power on Sunday on a promise to end the painful belt-tightening policies imposed on the country by its EU partners.
GREECE
Greek radical-left leader vows to end 'humiliation and pain'
Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras promised on Sunday that five years of austerity, “humiliation and pain” imposed by international creditors were over after his Syriza party…
GREECE
