Group's executive arm wants to make redistribution quotas mandatory, but not all EU members agree
Two-day UNESCO conference will look at different responses to Internet radicalization around the world and also the downsides - like concerns over threats to free expression
Former IMF chief faced 'aggravated pimping' charges for sex parties, in a scandal that brought an end to his career
Lineup at Nigerian film festival included episodes of popular TV series 'Before Thirty,' about pressures faced by women to get married by that age
Vincent Lambert has been in a vegetative state since 2008, dependent on intravenous food and water to stay alive
World economy will grow slower than expected this year and pick up again in 2016, if there is investment, says Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Baghdad’s plan calls for getting more recruits for the Iraqi army, plus mobilizing and arming more tribal fighters
Judge says Ivorian officials failed to offer proof that could counter initial ICC decision to try Simone Gbagbo for alleged crimes against humanity
After agreeing on tough new measures this week to fight illegal migration at sea, the 28-member European Union is not very unified on welcoming asylum seekers at home
Operation aims to capture and destroy smugglers' boats off Libya's coast of Libya, and EU is seeking UN authorization to do so
Court acquits two police officers accused of failing to help pair of teenagers who were electrocuted 10 years ago; their deaths sparked widespread rioting in France at the time, still resonates today
From gritty Lyon suburb, Mourad Benchellali calls on young people to think twice before embracing militant Islamist ideology
Radical Islam has become a top security threat in many countries. But why are young people attracted to it? That is a big question facing France, where authorities estimate nearly 1,500 people have left to join jihadist groups in the Middle East. A former Guantanamo Bay detainee may not have all the answers, but is on a campaign to change young minds. For VOA, Lisa Bryant reports from the central French town of Venissieux.
Election victory of British PM’s euro-skeptic party, planned 2017 referendum on London’s continued membership in EU raise concerns
President Hollande announces roughly $4 billion boost in defense spending to shore up security and fight terrorism
Call comes at EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv as President Poroshenko urges West to remain united behind his country, still at war with pro-Russia rebels
In 2005, a Paris suburb exploded into violence after two teenagers were electrocuted as they hid from police; since then, somethings have changed, others not
January’s terrorist attacks and fears of more to come are casting a spotlight on France’s neglected suburbs. Home to many immigrants, and sometimes hubs of crime, they were rocked by rioting a decade ago. Lisa Bryant visited the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois, where the 2005 violence first broke out, and has this report about what has changed and what has not.
Heads of state of 28 EU countries meet in Brussels after some 900 migrants die when their ship capsized Sunday off coast of Italian island
Philharmonie de Paris aims to sell classical music to younger, poorer, more diverse audience
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