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Germany

Germany coalition talks may not start until 2018

Germany

Germany's president urges Green and FDP leaders to restart coalition talks

Germany's president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier has met with Green and FDP leaders to urge them to restart coalition talks

Germany

German president urges political "responsibility" after collapse of coalition talks

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier gave a statement after talks on forming a coalition government in Germany collapsed

Germany

Germany parties meet for final round of talks

Germany’s three would-be coalition partners have regrouped for a final round of talks to seek enough common ground in climate and migration policy to form a government.

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Germany

Merkel's migrant crisis stalls coalition talks

Efforts to forge a coalition deal look likely to drag on into the weekend

Austria

Austrian OVP plays hardball with coalition partners

Austria's biggest party and election winners the FPO set the bar high for any coalition partners.

Netherlands

Dutch coalition partners agree government deal

The Netherlands has been without a new government since the March parliamentary election.

Germany

Germany - "a coalition deal by Christmas"

Germany is potentially facing months of tough coalition talks.

Yemen

Airstrike near San'aa in Yemen kills 35

At least 35 people have died after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a hotel near San'aa in Yemen.

Syria

Syria: Air strike on ISIL prison

US-led coalition hits ISIL-run prison in eastern Syria - monitoring group says dozens of prisoners killed

Austria

Austria could hold snap election 'in autumn' after coalition breakdown

The new leader of the conservative People's Party said he would discuss an early vote with Chancellor Kern on Monday after the coalition alliance collapsed last week.

Syria

US-backed Syria militias 'seize Tabqa' in step towards Raqqa assault

US-backed Syrian militias say they have fully seized the town of Tabqa and the country’s largest dam from the so-called Islamic State.

Syria

Russia: no access for US-led coalition warplanes over Syria safe zones

Moscow has said warplanes from the US-led international coalition will not be able to fly over safe zones in Syria which have been agreed on at international talks in…

Algeria

President Bouteflika's ruling National Liberation Front retains power in Algerian elections

The FLN lost considerable ground in the election, winning just 164 seats compared to 221 five years ago.

Iraq

Iraqi army opens new front in the battle for Mosul

New front opens in the battle to retake Mosul from ISIL

Iraq

Mosul residents try to resume 'normal life' after ISIL

The bustling street of the Al Naby Younis market in East Mosul proves that the residents who lived for three years under strict radical Islamic rule are now trying to return to some…

France

French Greens embrace Socialists and start joint presidential campaign

French electors have no environmental presidential candidate to vote for for the first time since the 1960s, with the Greens' man now campaigning alongside the Socialists.

Germany

Germany's Greens go centrist in choice of election leaders

As the parliamentary elections in Germany creep closer, the traditionally left-leaning Green Party has announced two centrists will lead them to the vote.

Iceland

Iceland to give parliament a vote on EU referendum

Iceland has a new centre-right coalition government after a two-month impasse.

Yemen

Airstrike kills 12 civilians in Yemen

Twelve civilians have been killed in Yemen in another airstrike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition that’s been fighting Shiite Houthi rebels since March…