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Hungary’s parliament gave Monday the army and police sweeping new powers to keep migrants out as populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned that Europe was being “overrun”. “They are overrunning us. They’re not just banging on the door, they’re breaking

Crowded aboard buses and trains, thousands more migrants flooded into Austria on Sunday from countries unable or unwilling to cope with a desperate human tide escaping war and poverty for a better life in western Europe. And new tragedy struck

German police are investigating an asylum-seeker on suspicion that he fought for the Islamic State group in Syria, newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported Sunday. The suspect is a Syrian national and lives in an asylum-seeker shelter in the northeast region

The mayor of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik on Saturday said he would scrap plans for a boycott of Israeli goods, a proposal which had raised outrage in Israel and elsewhere. “I will propose to the municipal council that the idea is

Nearly 10 million Greek voters head to the ballot box on Sunday for the third time this year to elect a government already bound to apply economic reforms set out in a three-year EU bailout. The year kicked off for

Truckers are warning of the threat of significant costs to the road haulage industry as European nations reimpose long-abandoned border controls to check the greatest migratory flow across the continent since World War II. Frontier checks that had been swept

New Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, an outspoken republican, will dump knights and dames from the country’s honours list reintroduced under his predecessor Tony Abbott, a local media report said Sunday. London-born monarchist Abbott — who was deposed by Turnbull

Munich taps the keg Saturday on its Oktoberfest, the world’s biggest beer festival with six million revellers expected, just as the German city grapples with a record refugee influx. The celebration of traditional Bavarian culture with its oompah music and

Thousands of migrants were stranded in the western Balkans on Saturday as Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia tussled over the EU’s escalating refugee crisis. Chaos, rumour and proliferating border obstacles braked thousands of desperate people on their trek to reach northern

Labour’s newly appointed shadow chancellor John McDonnell, has apologised for once calling for Irish Republican Army (IRA) members to be “honoured”. The controversial 2003 comments by McDonnell resurfaced in the media and were condemned by MPs after the 64-year-old was

Zagreb (AFP) – Croatia will allow free passage of migrants across its territory, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said yesterday as hundreds have entered the EU member state from Serbia since Hungary sealed its borders. “We are ready to accept and

“I hate you, Hungary! Thank you, Serbia,” said one Iraqi migrant, Hussan, clutching a stone as he rushed to attack the Hungarian police on the border with Serbia. It was his way of taking revenge after Budapest’s decision to close

Newly elected British opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn indicated he would not campaign to leave the European Union in a referendum expected by 2017, in an interview. While he stressed that his position was “developing”, when asked by BBC News

France will carry out its first air strikes on the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria “in the coming weeks,” Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Wednesday. The French air force has been carrying out reconnaissance missions over Syria since

The head of the German central bank or Bundesbank, Jens Weidmann, said Wednesday the influx of refugees is a challenge for Germany, but also an opportunity given its ageing population. “Coping with the influx of refugees will demand a lot

Hungary plans to build a fence to keep migrants out along part of its border with Romania in addition to the barrier being erected along the frontier with Serbia, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Tuesday. “The government has decided to

Croatia is likely to see a large influx of migrants after Hungary sealed its border with Serbia, an official said Tuesday, amid warnings of wartime land mines remaining in the region. “It is a system of spilling over … if

Zimbabwe’s 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe read the wrong speech at the opening of a new session of parliament on Tuesday, repeating an address he gave to the legislature last month. The veteran leader read the 25-minute-long speech through to the

Germany said Tuesday it approves of using EU aid funds to pressure member states into accepting binding quotas to relocate 120,000 refugees, after several eastern countries refused the migrant distribution proposal. “The negotiations situation is such that nothing happens to

Hungary effectively sealed its border with Serbia on Tuesday to stem the massive influx of refugees, as EU ministers failed in an emergency meeting to agree on sharing the migrants around the bloc. Budapest’s move came after Austria and Slovakian

A flash mob invaded the British Museum in London to protest its sponsorship by oil and gas giant BP on Sunday. Dressed in black and carrying black umbrellas, the protesters sang and performed a dramatisation of an oil spill, before