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A man who plotted an assassination attempt against the Russian journalist who sparked a worldwide outcry earlier this year by faking his own murder has been jailed. Ukraine security chief Vasyl Grytsak said a Kiev court had on Thursday sentenced...

Explosion in southern Germany's refinery, strong fire eruption resulting in 8 people injured and forcing authorities to evacuate almost 2,000 local residents, said police. At around 5:30 am (03:30 GMT) the explosion took place in a site near the Bavarian...

The far-right opposition politician Geert Wilders said Thursday he canceled the cartoon contest following death threats and concerns other people could be put at risk. Thousands of Pakistan's Islamists have called off their rally after reaching near Islamabad following the...

A 26 year old Dutch suspect was arrested by police over threatening to attack Geert Wilders, far-right politician over his plan to hold a contest of cartoons depicting Islam's Prophet Mohammad, reported by a police spokesman on Wednesday. Nationality of...

State and local officials appealed for calm after Chemnitz stabbing incident as thousands of people took to the streets and Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said Germany would not tolerate "vigilante justice". The unrest reflected a growing schism in German society...

After Tyril's mountains in Austria, Now in the Zugspitze in Bavaria, the winter has arrived on Sunday morning (26 August). It fell almost ten inches of fresh snow. It was frosty cold with minus seven degrees. At altitudes of 2000...