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Belgium

EU and NATO back Britain over spy attack

Meanwhile, Russia's Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov appeared to backtrack on previous suggestions that the nerve agent used in the UK attack could have come from a British laboratory.

United Kingdom

Video showing Putin projected onto UK Foreign Office is a fake, govern

A video purporting to show Vladimir Putin's face being projected onto the British Foreign Office in London on the night of the Russian elections is fake, according to the UK government.

Saudi Arabia

Orange`* is the new black (*or pink, green, blue, yellow...)

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sulman says women need no longer wear full-length black robes as long as their dress is "decent and respectful".

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World News

U.S. teen disappears during college rugby team's trip to Bermuda

Saint Joseph's University student Mark Dombroski, 19, was last seen leaving a bar early Sunday.

World News

Trump takes aim at Mueller

US President Donald Trump takes aim at Robert Mueller and the Russia investigation on Twitter.

World News

Western leaders quiet as Putin celebrates landslide election victory

With 99.84 percent of the votes counted Monday morning, Putin won with a resounding 76.6 percent — nearly 65 percent ahead of his closest rival.

World News

Saudi crown prince: If Iran makes a nuclear bomb, so will we

Mohammed bin Salman returns to Washington this week to kick off his U.S. tour with a series of White House meetings — and a blunt message about his strategy toward his nation's regional rival.

Europe News

Farmers ride into Brussels to protest subsidy reforms

Belgian farmers fear for their future, as EU reviews Common Agricultural Policy as part of its budget debate

World News

Pope says men who pay for sex are 'sick,' says prostitution is torture

Pope Francis condemned forced prostitution as torture in a speech at the Vatican on Monday, describing men who frequent prostitutes as criminals with a "sick mentality."

World News

Did Cambridge Analytica help elect Donald Trump?

Whistleblower Christopher Wylie speaks to NBC and journalist Carole Cadwalladr to MSNBC over revelations data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica allegedly harvested tens of millions of Facebook users’ personal information without their permission.

Sport

Borussia Dortmund players testify in bus attack trial

The accused, only identified as Sergei W, is charged with detonating three devices as the Borussia Dortmund team bus made its way to their Champions League game against Monaco.

Cinema

Stranger in Paradise wins Grand Prix at human rights festival

The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in one of Europe’s leading international events dedicated to film and human rights.

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Tropical storm 'Eliakim' kills 17 in Madagascar

At least 17 people died when a tropical storm hit eastern Madagascar over the weekend, authorities said.

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Italy: Underwater greenhouse grows basil, lettuce and strawberries

An engineer from Noli, near Genoa, has invented an underwater greenhouse where he can grow plant species such as basil, lettuce and strawberries.

Next Series

European research teams find new ways to map the seafloor

Armed with what looks like a small army of autonomous robots, a European research team are finding new ways to explore the seafloor.

Adventures

Warm enough for a crocodile: exploring Japan's hot springs

The island of Kyushu is famous for its natural hot springs which bubble up from below the surface.

Russia

Russia - West confrontations 'will continue', political analyst says

Vladimir Putin operates a concept of Russia being under constant attack and constantly defending itself, according to Andrei Kolesnikov

World News

A better way to search for space aliens?

The approach requires no new telescopes nor even any new experiments.

World News

Navratilova says McEnroe paid ten times more by BBC

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova criticized the BBC for paying John McEnroe at least "10 times more" than she was for his commenting role at Wimbledon.

Russia

Putin basks in re-election victory

Vladimir Putin won 76.69 percent of vote in a landslide re-election victory on Sunday, extending his rule over the world's largest country for another six years