2018-01-16

186,644 asylum seekers were registered last year, a drop of more than 100,000 from 2016. The Germany Interior Ministry says is shows the height of the crisis has been "overcome."

Bannon has been told to give evidence in an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election.

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from the EU's de facto political capital.

After just seven months in office, Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Tudose has stepped down. The social democrat was forced to resign when he lost the support of his party. It's the second time since June that the PSD has ousted one of its own.

Danish prosecutors said he may have killed Swedish journalist Kim Wall on board his homebuilt submarine by cutting her throat or by strangulation.

The small marsupial stopped traffic at dawn.

Ever since the 2008 financial crisis, the largest banks in the eurozone are closely supervised by the European Central Bank. But a new report from the European Court of Auditors says there's still room for improvement - particularly when it comes to crisis management.

The amendment was passed by 402 votes to 232, with 40 abstentions, and called for a total ban on the use of electric current for fishing.

Dozens of riders hit the streets in what they say is a rally against gun violence.

Advances in technology are having a big impact on a broad range of industries, provoking intense debate about the future of work.

Pope Francis made his first comments in Chile on a crisis that has scarred the Roman Catholic Church's credibility.

A prosecutor described the case as "very unusual and extremely disturbing".

In a protest against the killing, Serbia said it would quit the ongoing round of a European Union-sponsored dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on the normalisation of relations that was due to take place in Brussels

The European Council and Commission presidents both tell the European Parliament the door is still open to UK membership if Britain changes its mind.

Workers had been fixing drainage on the partially-built bridge near Colombia's capital city, Bogota, before it fell apart into the canyon below.

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