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Germany summons Turkish diplomat over latest arrests

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday requested that the charge d'affaires in the Turkish embassy be summoned to the ministry for discussions about Turkey's arrests of Kurdish opposition lawmakers, the ministry said. "The overnight arrests of politicians and lawmakers...

Paris begins clearing 3,000 migrants from camp

Paris authorities began an operation early Friday to clear more than 3,000 migrants from a camp in the northeast of the French capital. The operation to clear the sprawling tent encampment, near the Canal Saint-Martin under an overhead metro bridge in the Stalingrad district, was proceeding...

Bookies slash odds on Brexit not happening

(The Independent)- Bookie Ladbrokes said Brexit betting markets were “in chaos” in the wake of the Government’s stunning defeat in the High Court.  The Brexit court challenge, brought by campaigner Gina Miller, means the Government cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, kicking...

France relocates remaining 'Jungle' camp children

French authorities Wednesday started moving out the remaining 1,500 unaccompanied children living next to the razed "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais to shelters around the country. A first bus carrying 43 minors left the area around 8:30 am (0730 GMT) for the southwest, rapidly followed by a...

Major seismic tremor in Italy, felt in Rome

(The Daily Star)- A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck central Italy early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties. The quake -- which was felt from Rome to Venice -- struck at 0640 GMT six kilometers (3.5 miles)...

Sudden spike in violence kills four in east Ukraine

(The Daily Star)- Four people died in clashes between government forces and pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine's separatist east, officials said Friday, the highest death toll since international peace talks held 10 days ago. The flare-up in the two-year conflict followed German Chancelor...