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Germany's Merkel meets food industry to discuss low prices
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met food industry representatives on Monday to address concerns about the effect of rock-bottom supermarket prices on farmers and others.
Ukraine: Recordings show Iran knew jetliner hit by a missile
A leaked recording of an exchange between an Iranian air-traffic controller and an Iranian pilot purports to show that authorities immediately knew a missile had downed a Ukrainian jetliner after takeoff from Tehran, killing all 176 people aboard, despite days of denials by the Islamic Republic.
UK's Johnson talks tough over post-Brexit trade with EU
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is setting out a tough opening gambit Monday in negotiations with the European Union, saying the U.K. will walk away without a free-trade deal rather than agree to follow rules set by the 27-nation bloc.
London police: 3 wounded in 'terrorism-related' stabbings
A man wearing what witnesses said looked like a suicide vest stabbed three people on the street in a "terrorist-related" attack in a London neighborhood Sunday before he was shot and killed by police, authorities said.
Protesters opposed to Russian Constitution changes detained
Police in the Russian city of St. Petersburg detained participants in a small Saturday protest of proposed changes to the country's constitution.
Israeli PM in Moscow to discuss US Mideast peace plan
The Israeli prime minister came to Moscow on Thursday to discuss the US Mideast peace plan and take an Israeli woman who had been jailed in Russia back home.
Putin appoints former gov't officials into presidential administration
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed decrees giving jobs in his administration to members of the former government.
School bus accident kills 2, injures several in Germany
Two children were killed and several others injured as a school bus rushed down a slope in the central German state of Thuringia on Thursday, local media FOCUS Online reported.
Germany bans neo-Nazi organization Combat 18 Deutschland
Germany is banning the neo-Nazi group Combat 18 Deutschland in what the country's top security official said Thursday was a "clear message" against far-right extremism and anti-Semitism.
Putin's constitutional proposals OK'd in first Duma reading
Russia's parliament has approved a package of constitutional amendments in a first reading Thursday, in a move widely seen as an attempt by President Vladimir Putin to stay in on power past the end of his term in 2024.