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UN urges Europe to help Italy with refugees
Jul 02, 2017 08:05The United Nations (UN) refugee agency has called on Europe to assist Italy with defusing what it has described as the “unfolding tragedy” of tens of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers arriving on the country’s shores.
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Women, children returning from Daesh warzones could pose threats: EU
Jun 30, 2017 08:07A senior EU judiciary official warns that women and children related to Middle East-based Takfiri terror groups, including Daesh, are increasingly returning to their home countries in Europe, with some of them posing security threats to their homeland.
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About 5,000 refugees rescued, 24 found dead off Libya
Jun 28, 2017 03:55Rescuers have managed to save a large number of migrants from the Mediterranean Sea, while also recovering at least 24 bodies of people who could not be saved at Libyan shores.
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New large-scale cyber attack hits computer networks globally
Jun 28, 2017 00:36A major cyber attack by a ransomware virus which started in Ukraine and Russia has unfolded across the world, targeting giant organizations, firms and infrastructure in several countries.
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US sanctions on Russia risk Europe retaliation
Jun 17, 2017 09:34Germany says it will retaliate against the United States if new sanctions proposed by the US Senate against Russia damage German companies.
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EU launches fund to boost, coordinate defense spending
Jun 07, 2017 13:58The European Union has finally launched its special defense fund in a bid to better coordinate military budgets between members of the 28-nation bloc.
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EU proposes one-year timetable to Turkey to renew ties: Erdogan
May 27, 2017 14:33The European Union has proposed a one-year timetable to Turkey to renew relations between the two sides, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after returning home from a NATO summit in Brussels, where he met some European leaders.
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EU to launch military HQ within days: Mogherini
May 18, 2017 17:04The EU foreign policy chief says remaining differences over a planned military headquarters have been resolved and it could be formally launched in a few days.
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EU pushes for aid access to Muslims besieged by government in Myanmar
May 15, 2017 10:38A senior European Union (EU) official has called on Myanmar to allow unrestricted humanitarian access to the troubled state of Rakhine, which has been under a lock-down by the military since October last year.
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WannaCry affected computers in 150 countries: Europe police
May 14, 2017 11:36European Union's police agency, Europol, has estimated that some 200,000 users in 150 countries have been affected by WannaCry, a virus which spread through devices across the world and locked them in exchange for cash.