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Europe pledges to save Iran nuclear deal 'for our shared security'

Europe pledges to save Iran nuclear deal 'for our shared security'

The UK, France and Germany reject US sanctions and will continue to trade with Iran in effort to keep it from restarting its nuclear program.

  • by Nick Miller

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Facebook bans foreign ads around Ireland's abortion vote
Facebook

Facebook bans foreign ads around Ireland's abortion vote

An upcoming vote on abortion has turned Ireland into ground zero in the global reckoning on social media influence.

  • by Isaac Stanley-Becker
Volunteers who rescued migrants cleared of smuggling charges
Immigration

Volunteers who rescued migrants cleared of smuggling charges

The three Spanish firefighters and two Danish men were arrested in January 2016 on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos.

As Putin is sworn in for fourth term, his image changes subtly
Russia

As Putin is sworn in for fourth term, his image changes subtly

Vladimir Putin's face is everywhere - on souvenir mugs, billboards and daily television - but analysts say the portrayal is subtly shifting.

  • by Francesca Ebel
Fury in France, Britain over Trump's gun law speech
Donald Trump

Fury in France, Britain over Trump's gun law speech

US President Donald Trump caused anger in France and Britain by suggesting looser gun laws could have helped prevent deadly attacks in Paris in 2015.

  • by Sarah White and David Milliken
We must attract more women to survive, Angela Merkel tells her party
Angela Merkel

We must attract more women to survive, Angela Merkel tells her party

Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed her conservative Christian Democrats on Saturday to attract more women to their ranks or else lose their status as one of Germany's two big popular parties, or 'Volksparteien'.

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Anger in London over Trump knife comments
Donald Trump

Anger in London over Trump knife comments

Some British doctors and legislators have reacted angrily to US President Donald Trump's comments comparing a London hospital to a war zone because of knife crime.

Russia detains Navalny and hundreds others at Putin protests
Vladimir Putin

Russia detains Navalny and hundreds others at Putin protests

Police detained hundreds of people at boisterous rallies across Russia protesting two decades of rule by President Vladimir Putin just two days before his inauguration for a record fourth term.

Thousands rally at anti-Macron protest in Paris
Emmanuel Macron

Thousands rally at anti-Macron protest in Paris

Under the close watch of French police, thousands of protesters in Paris danced, picnicked and railed against President Emmanuel Macron at a "party" marking his first year in office.

Greece busts cancer drug gang, arrests doctors and nurses
Crime

Greece busts cancer drug gang, arrests doctors and nurses

Greece has broken up a criminal gang that stole cancer drugs from hospitals and smuggled them to other European countries for resale at a premium.

  • by Renee Maltezou
Waste crisis: Australia isn't recycling, we're 'just collecting'
Recycling

Waste crisis: Australia isn't recycling, we're 'just collecting'

Though Europe is going through its own crisis at the moment, it has a better class of trash than Australia.

  • by Nick Miller