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France

France commemorates Charlie Hebdo attack victims, five years on

France commemorated on Tuesday the cartoonists who were massacred by two gunmen at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris five years ago.

Japan

Japan executes Chinese national after 16 year death row stint

Wei wei was in prison for the murder of a family in 2003.

Russia

Russia to expel two German diplomats over Berlin murder investigation

Tensions have risen between the two countries since a Russian-Georgian man was murdered in Berlin in August.

Germany

Germany expels two Russian diplomats

Germany expelled two Russian diplomats from the embassy in Berlin over the murder of a former Chechen insurgent in August.

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Malta

Malta's PM announces plan to step down in 2020

Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, engulfed in crisis over the probe into a murdered journalist, announced on Sunday he planned to step down, saying he would ask his ruling Labour Party to start choosing a new leader for the country next month.

Malta

Watch: Protest in Malta after journalist murder scandal deepens

The demonstration comes after three government officials resigned on Tuesday amid a probe into the killing of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

United Kingdom

Man found guilty of killing heavily pregnant ex-wife with crossbow

Police revealed that Sana's ex-husband had bought two crossbows months prior to the attack and carried out surveillance on her house.

Malta

Daphne Caruana Galizia: Detained Maltese businessman released on bail

A prominent businessman arrested over the murder of Malta journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was released on bail on Thursday evening.

France

Frenchman suspected to have killed his family arrested in Glasgow

Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, a Frenchman who is suspected to have killed his entire family in 2011 and has been on the run since, was arrested in Glasgow on Friday, AFP reported, citing police sources.

Austria

Five murdered in Austrian ski town of Kitzbuehel - police

Five murdered in Austrian ski town of Kitzbuehel - police

Malta

Malta urged to drop libel cases against murdered journalist

Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic says that the litigation is an attempt to intimidate Galizia's family.

Germany

Syrian man given 9.5-year jail term over deadly stabbing in Chemnitz

Syrian man given 9.5-year jail term over deadly stabbing in Chemnitz

Romania

Romania minister sacked over 'deeply wrong' comments on kidnapped teen

Romania's education minister, Ecaterina Andronescu, has been sacked over "deeply wrong" comments she made about a kidnapping case.

Romania

'Arrogance and disdain': Uncle of kidnapped teenager slams authorities

The uncle of a kidnapped Romania teenager has slammed the people who heard her desperate telephone calls for help.

Romania

Romania's interior minister quits over kidnapped teenagers scandal

Romania’s interior minister has quit as the fallout from the kidnapping of two teenage girls intensifies.

Italy

Watch again: Italian policeman mourned in US murder suspect probe

Italian police investigate picture of blindfolded US murder suspect as hundreds gathered to mourn the policeman allegedly murdered by two American teenagers .

Romania

Romanian murder suspect admits killing two teenage girls

A murder suspect in the southern Romanian town of Caracal has admitted to killing two teenage girls, his lawyer said on Sunday, in a case that sparked nationwide outrage over the way authorities handled it.

Italy

Italy shaken as policeman stabbed to death in Rome

A policeman who had just returned from his honeymoon was stabbed to death in Rome while trying to make an arrest, reports AFP.

Greece

American scientist found dead in Greece had multiple broken bones, found in ventilation drain

Suzanne Eaton, 59, was discovered July 8 in an abandoned World War II bunker in a rural area outside the city of Chania.

Greece

American scientist found dead in Crete was asphyxiated, police say

Suzanne Eaton, 59, was in Crete for a conference. She disappeared on July 2 and her body was recovered on Monday inside a cave.