Vehicles plunge nearly 150 feet in the Morandi Bridge failure in Genoa during a sudden, violent storm. At least two survivors are pulled from the rubble by rescue workers using heavy equipment to search the wreckage.
Migrants in distress at sea tell their rescuers that several ships passed them by without offering assistance.
Immigrants, sons of immigrants and grandsons of immigrants bond together with scions of families that have been French for generations, all for the rouge, blanc et bleu. And for only the second time, France is the World Cup champion.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says the natural gas pipeline venture between Germany and Russia "is an absolutely political project" and poses a "danger" for Europe's energy security and competitiveness.
Roughly one in six migrants who set out in traffickers' unseaworthy boats from Libya died in June, a period that corresponds to crackdowns by Italy and Malta against private rescue boats operating in the area.
Mainstream voices never mention that regime change pushed by one country against another is illegal.
European Union leaders will try to find common ground for tackling a growing political drama that is threatening to undermine the entire alliance.
Nearly 3 million new refugees were created between 2016 and 2017, as the U.S. and European countries cracked down on asylum-seekers.
Ships dock in Spain, ending a week-long ordeal for hundreds of people rescued from the Mediterranean Sea only to become pawns in the fight over immigration.
The Spanish prime minister offers safe harbor to a private rescue ship after Italy and Malta refuse to allow its 629 migrant passengers to disembark in their ports.
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