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Multi-millionaire actor Richard Gere boarded a boat filled with African migrants recently and told Europe to allow the migrants to enter so they can be "taken care of." Liberals love to tell other people what to do. Late last week Italy's Depu

Radioactive iodine has been detected in Norway, one week after a mystery-shrouded explosion at a Russian military test range.

FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron struck a self-critical tone about his governing style and political mistakes over the weekend, admitting the anti-government yellow vest crisis that has rocked the country for months "is not yet over". The citizen-

Two years after a mysterious cloud of radiation swept through Europe, a team of scientists has pinpointed the source of the leak to a nuclear reprocessing plant in Russia, which was preparing materials for an Italian physics experiment at the time.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned President Trump's squad comments on Friday. Matthew Karnitschhig reported: #Merkel on Trump #Squad comments: I distance myself completely from these statements and feel solidarity with the women" — M

Polish bishops on Saturday denounced Swedish furniture giant Ikea for what they called LGBT indoctrination after an employee was sacked for refusing to take down a homophobic comment he posted on the firm's internal website.

The head of the Security Service has told Swedes to get used to the current level of shootings, saying it could remain high for years.

A Belgian woman who invited migrants to set up a camp in her garden says she wants them to leave after incidents of aggression and violence.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - In Scandinavia, there's a new type of socially conscious liberal - one that wants tighter restrictions on immigration. Left-wing parties in Denmark and Sweden that historically defended humanitarian values and generous welfa

German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared unsteady and was visibly shaking Tuesday as she greeted the new Ukrainian leader in the hot sun in Berlin, saying later that she clearly hadn't drunk enough water.

"We would like Russia to be our friend, but unfortunately, Russia again is showing its very unkind, unpleasant imperial face," Duda said, noting its attacks on Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014.

Germany's major parties have slumped again in the European elections, with the Social Democrats particularly hard-hit. The result could potentially accelerate Chancellor Angela Merkel's departure.

Thousands of Polish nationalists marched to the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw Saturday, protesting that the U.S. is putting pressure on Poland to compensate Jews

French police fired tear gas at masked demonstrators in Lyon and Nantes on Saturday as heavy rain kept the number of yellow vest demonstrators down in Paris.

The party of far-right leader Marine Le Pen will top the upcoming European Parliament elections with 22 percent of the vote, just ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's REM party, an Ipsos poll released on Sunday.It was the first time Le Pen's Rasse

Danish police say 23 people have been detained for violence after a far-right provocateur tossed a copy of the Quran in the air in an immigrant neighborhood in Copenhagen. Copenhagen ... Click to Continue

A dozen Catholic churches have been desecrated across France over the period of one week in an egregious case of anti-Christian vandalism.

Altars were vandalized, statues were defaced and human excrement smeared onto a cross, sparking fears of a rise in anti-Catholic sentiment in the country.

Vandals and arsonists have targeted French churches in a wave of attacks that has lasted nearly two months. More than 10 churches have been hit since the beginning of February, with some set on fire while others were severely desecrated or damaged. St. Sulpice, the second-largest church in Paris,

Firefighters are battling a massive blaze at the French capital's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral, where flames and black smoke were seen shooting from the base of the medieval church's spire on Monday.