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USA

US House Majority whip Scalise in 'critical condition' after shooting

The Republican lawmaker was shot during a congressional baseball practice on Wednesday. The bullet pierced his hip, injured organs and caused severe bleeding.

Turkey

Turkish opposition MP gets 25-year jail term for 'spying'

Enis Berberoglu was accused of giving an opposition newspaper a video purporting to show Turkish intelligence services transporting weapons into Syria.

World News

EU agency targeted in weed killer row

The ongoing debate over the safety of glyphosate is becoming a thorn in the side of the European Food Safety Agency.

France

UK, France vow crackdown on online 'extremism'

After both suffering a string of Islamist militant attacks, Britain and France join forces to fight online radicalisation and propaganda.

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United Kingdom

Prince Harry unveils UK Invictus Games team

Prince Harry has unveiled the team that will represent the UK at the next Invictus Games - a sports competition for injured war veterans - in Toronto.

United Kingdom

Prince Harry unveils UK Invictus Games team

Prince Harry has unveiled the team that will represent the UK at the next Invictus Games - a sports competition for injured war veterans - in Toronto.

Iraq

Iraqi forces close in on Mosul

Iraqi security forces are said to be only days away from retaking Mosul from the self-styled Islamic State group.

USA

Outrage swells over FBI chief's sacking

James Comey was investigating alleged collusion between Russia and Donald Trump's electoral campaign when the president fired him.

USA

Trump has 'very good' meeting with Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington, and he praised them as problem solvers.

France

France's Le Pen picks would-be prime minister

The far-right leader and her former nationalist rival join forces to try to beat centrist Emmanuel Macron to the French presidency.

France

Macron jeered, Le Pen acclaimed at troubled French factory

Both French presidential candidates visit the same troubled factory - and get a very different welcome

Portugal

Portugal celebrates Carnation Revolution, warns against populism

Portugal marks the 43rd anniversary of its Carnation Revolution, with top left-wing politicians urging the EU to fight the rise of populism by focusing more on social welfare.

France

France's tricky rules for political airtime

Legislation requiring equal airtime and exposure for all presidential candidates is giving French radios and TV channels a headache.

France

The far-left wild card in the French presidential election

Far-left maverick Jean-Luc Melenchon is rising in the polls and becoming the ultimate wild card in the French presidential race.

France

Anti-police riots spill over from Paris suburbs into city centre

The riots rocking the suburbs of Paris since early February spilled over onto the streets of the French capital on Wednesday evening.

World News

More rescue boats, more migrants drowning in the Med

Authorities face a "sad paradox" as smugglers overload dinghies, says the European border and coast guard agency Frontex.

World News

North Korea's Malaysian murder mystery

Reuters North Korean officials have objected to an autopsy on the estranged half-brother of leader Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Nam, who was murdered at Kuala Lumpur airport on Monday.

World News

US believe Russia deployed new cruise missile, violating treaty

If confirmed, it's a major test for the Trump administration, just as it faces a crisis over its ties to Moscow.

World

2016 in review: Hope and mourning in Cuba

From Barack Obama's historic visit to Donald Trump's election and Fidel Castro's death, it's been a roller-coaster year for Cuba.

World News

Anis Amri: from petty crime to jihad

Anis Amri, the Tunisian who rammed a truck into a Berlin Christmas market this week, was well known by police and even counter-terrorism agencies.

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