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7 charged in Greece with belonging to violent neo-Nazi group   ATHENS, Greece A Greek prosecutor has charged seven men with alleged membership in a violent neo-Nazi group linked to a series of arson attacks on...

Spain exhumes bodies from Valley of the Fallen civil war monument The Valley of the Fallen monument is a rallying point for the far-right Work has begun on exhuming the bodies of four men killed in...

Space junk problem alarms NASA Scientists say if left unaddressed, space debris could make parts of Earth's orbit partially or even completely unusable, which would pose problems for the satellites we rely on every day. The...

Catalonia's Puigdemont 'not afraid' of being arrested   Catalan President Carles Puigdemont defiant after organising referendum as Spanish government rejects calls for mediation talks. The leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, said he was not afraid of being...

Weather warnings issued as heat wave strikes Eastern Europe   Meteoalarm issues "red warning" for 10 countries in a heatwave that has claimed the lives of two people and been nicknamed "Lucifer". Swathes of southern and eastern...

Greek Cypriots to deepen military ties with Israel and Greece   Greek Cypriot Defence Minister Savvas Angelides and his Israeli and Greek counterparts Avigdor Lieberman and Panos Kammenos held their second trilateral meeting in southern Cyprus...

Rescuers scour scorched towns after Greece wildfires kill at least 81   Greek media have described the disaster as a "national tragedy," while Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras cut short a visit to Bosnia and announced three...

Pressure mounts on Nicaraguan president to end unrest   Pressure is mounting on president Daniel Ortega as the united nations call for an end to Nicaragua unrest. Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega waves to supporters during celebrations to...

Amazon Chief Jeff Bezos turns to Twitter for charity ideas   Author: Callum Glennen   The world’s second richest man has turned to Twitter for philanthropic inspiration, asking his followers to provide ideas for achieving short-term good. Amazon founder...

Chemical weapons body confirms sarin use in Syria's Hama   Two people died after the attacks in Syria's Hama province at the end of March 2017. Dozens of people suffered severe respiratory symptoms. Exterior view of the...