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Ahead of the G20 meeting in Turkey, Germany's leader defended the policy as criticism mounted from members of her own party.

GDP growth in the third quarter in the 19-nation eurozone came in below expectations while Europe's largest economy also slowed over the previous quarter.

Russia reportedly tried to block the agreement last August and threatened an embargo against Ukrainian goods.

Around 370 jobs will be lost, but it was unclear if the slowdown would have an effect at plants elsewhere in Europe.

Following the countries' mutual banning of flights, the move to suspend electricity imports is Ukraine's latest front in its struggle to untangle its economy from Russia's.

The U.S. has proposed $880 million in arms sales to Europe, whose nations have increased military budgets and called for greater NATO support since Russia’s annexation of Crimea.

Sweden places border controls to deal with a massive influx as it expects to see about 190,000 asylum-seekers arriving into the country this year.

In the wake of Volkswagen's emissions scandal, Germany's car regulator tested 23 local and foreign brands on suspicion of manipulation of nitrogen oxide emissions.

The move follows the European Court of Justice's decision to strike down a pact that allowed for the free flow of data between the U.S. and EU.

Government agencies around the world, especially U.S. law enforcement, are increasingly asking the social networking site to supply user information, the company says.

The barrier on its border with Croatia was being constructed hours before European Union leaders were to hold yet another refugee-crisis summit in Malta Wednesday.

After an earlier ruling that the airline's cabin workers' strike wasn't defined well enough, a judge said they are in compliance with the law.

The protest erupted at a newly opened facility in Drahonice, some 55 miles west of the capital Prague.

Even as leaders from the European Union and Africa converged on Malta for a two-day summit, at least 14 refugees, including seven children, drowned off the coast of Turkey.

China's October industrial production growth cooled to 5.6 percent year-on-year though it was cushioned by a just-above-forecast 11 percent jump in retail sales.

“In the long run, they wouldn’t be able to survive,” said Andrea Balda, a political science specialist at Universidad Casa Grande in Madrid.

As temperatures drop, Sweden has said it is running out of room to shelter refugees and is telling people to consider going back to Denmark.

Last week alone, collectors from Germany and the U.S. spent some $200,000 on meteorite stones, which are now scattered across the village.

The British prime minister is set to formalize the country's demands and secure reforms in order to convince voters to stay in the European Union.

The news of the plan came the same day that the automaker’s engineers admitted to helping fabricate carbon dioxide emissions data.

Ministers from NATO countries are due to meet in early December to decide on the future of Resolute Support.