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A dangerous heat wave is ravaging parts of southeastern Europe resulting in wildfires across Turkey, Greece, and Italy, according to VOA News. Firefighters across the European Union arrived in Turkey on Monday. The wildfires have burned for at least one week as political opposition mounts against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his sluggish fire response. Turkey doesn’t have firefighting planes and has had to rely on other countries, including several EU members, for aerial fire support. Southern Europe continues to see devastating wildfires fueled by soaring temperatures. Tourists and residents in some parts are still being evacuated. The European Union...

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo Albanians will proclaim independence from Serbia on Sunday, ending a long chapter in the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia but cementing a bitter ethnic frontline in the Balkans. Kosovo will be the 6th state carved from the Serb-dominated federation since 1991, after Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Montenegro, and the last to escape Serbia's embrace. The Serbs vow never to give up the land where their history goes back 1,000 years. They will reject independence in defiance of the Albanians and their Western backers and will keep their grip on strongholds in northern Kosovo, making the ethnic...

The couple said their baby would be named after Mr Komsic One of Bosnia's three-member presidency has helped a woman in labour by escorting her car to hospital at high speed with his motorcade.Zeljko Komsic noticed a distressed couple driving fast near the town of Maglaj late on Saturday. Suad Ibrahimovic said he and his wife, Jasminka, were so grateful that they would name the baby after him. Bosnia's presidency rotates between Mr Komsic, a Croat, and Serb and Bosnian Muslim representatives. Complications When Mr Komsic noticed the couple, Mr Ibrahimovic explained their predicament and the president ordered his...