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The Social Democrat-led government has adopted a decree limiting the President’s authority in justice matters – and which will force out many younger prosecutors under new,  stricter work experience criteria. Romanian prosecutors have slated a decree...

Bosnian Serb opposition leaders have joined the regular protests being held in Banja Luka over the unexplained death of 21-year-old David Dragicevic, demanding fresh elections. After their disappointing results in the recent elections in Bosnia and...

It was afternoon on August 18, 1991 when a truck with yellow tarpaulin side-curtains stopped in front of a hotel in Vocin, a village with just over 1,500 residents in Croatia’s central Slavonia region, 130 kilometres...

Pool 1 A pool featuring four former winners and 11 titles but it is hard to see anything other than Leinster topping it with ease. Indeed, few would bet against them claiming a fifth title in...

The colossal scale of Hurricane Michael’s deadly trail of carnage through Florida’s Panhandle became clear on Thursday as the waning but still powerful storm lashed the Carolinas before heading east towards the Atlantic. Entire waterfront communities...

The far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday his campaign had no ties to former White House strategist Steve Bannon, contradicting claims by one of Bolsonaro’s sons. Bolsonaro, who won the first round of Brazil’s presidential election Sunday and is...

Senior Labour politicians have spoken out in support of Cécile Kyenge, the Italian MEP who is being sued for defamation for calling Italy’s ruling League party racist, after one of its members compared her to an orangutan. Kyenge,...

The use of caesarean sections to deliver babies has reached epidemic proportions, say experts, with the procedure growing in use at an “alarming” rate. While caesarean sections can be a crucial intervention for the safety of...

More than 40 years ago, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft with a vision for putting a personal computer on every desk. No one really believed them, so few tried to stop them. Then before...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Hurricane Michael, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the continental United States, slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday, unleashing a trail of destruction across 200 miles that splintered...