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The EU wants to take legal measures to control terrorist content online, according to media reports. EU Security Commissioner Julian King said voluntary agreements had not provided citizens with enough protection. The EU’s Security Commission is...

Jewish and Muslim leaders from Germany led a memorial for the victims of the Auschwitz death camp on the 74th anniversary of Nazi deportations from the Litzmannstadt ghetto. The ceremony was part of an educational tour....

Hundreds of thousands of Argentinians had campaigned to completely decriminalize abortion in the predominantly Catholic country. Abortion is currently allowed if the mother has been raped or her health is at risk. Argentine senators voted against...

Macedonia’s right-wing opposition has increased in popularity amid the ongoing, emotionally-charged debate about the forthcoming referendum on changing the country’s name, a survey suggests. Macedonia’s right wing VMRO DPMNE party has boosted its popularity in the...

Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska is preparing to adopt a law declaring Cyrillic script must be used by all officials and public institutions, but Bosniaks and Croats argue that the plan is unconstitutional. A draft law...

Z3 was 12 years old when he joined the protests against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in 2012 in the city of Aleppo. In return, he says, police dripped melting plastic onto his bare legs and electrocuted...

Koha Group, publisher of one of the most popular Kosovo dailies, Koha Ditore, announced it will stop covering President Hashim Thaci after he stated that the paper is working for Serbia’s leader Aleksandar Vucic. Koha Ditore announced...

The AllBright, a recently launched London-based women’s networking club, has startled its supporters by appointing a man, Allan Leighton, as its chair. To the surprise of the club’s founders, Debbie Wosskow and Anna Jones, although not to...

One of Japan’s most prestigious medical schools has admitted deliberately altering entrance exam scores for more than a decade to restrict the number of female students and ensure more men became doctors. Tokyo Medical University manipulated...

Hundreds more activists have gone into hiding in Zimbabwe as security agencies intensify a crackdown launched shortly after the election 10 days ago. Millions of people cast votes in the poll, the first since the ousting of Robert...