World / Europe

Hundreds line Cambridge streets to honor Stephen Hawking 31 Mar 2018 - 07:43 pm

LONDON: The life of renowned physicist and author Stephen Hawking was celebrated Saturday in English city of Cambridge, with hundreds of well-wishers lining...

French statues get anti-pollution masks in clean air protest 31 Mar 2018 - 07:34 pm

Paris: Activists put masks on statues in Paris and other French cities on Saturday to highlight what they say is France's failure to...

State of play in tit-for-tat expulsions in spy poisoning row 31 Mar 2018 - 07:05 pm

Paris: Russia on Saturday demanded that Britain further reduce its diplomatic staff in Moscow, the latest move in an escalating tit-for-tat dispute following...

Italy summons French ambassador over border incident 31 Mar 2018 - 06:14 pm

ROME, Italy's Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned the French ambassador to explain why armed French border police entered a clinic run by a...

Relatives kidnap impaired brother, sister for over 8 months 31 Mar 2018 - 05:49 pm

THESSALONIKI, Greece, Greek police say a brother and sister were held prisoner by relatives for over eight months near the northern Greek city...

Russia's World Cup drives some students to rare protests 31 Mar 2018 - 01:59 pm

MOSCOW: Many students would be delighted to have the World Cup in town, but not Maria Cheremnova. The 20-year-old physics student in Moscow...

UK mulls Russian request for access to Yulia Skripal 31 Mar 2018 - 01:25 pm

London: Britain said Saturday it was considering Moscow's request for consular access to Yulia Skripal, the daughter of a former Russian spy targeted...

Not egalite: Macron tackles France's unfair school system 31 Mar 2018 - 01:01 pm

Saint-Denis, France: Used to teaching 24 children or more at a time, Zahia Adnani now spends her days with a group around half...

Expelled Russian diplomats set to leave US Saturday: ambassador 31 Mar 2018 - 11:49 am

Moscow: Sixty Russian diplomats expelled by the United States in response to an apparent attempt to assassinate a former double agent in Britain...

UK must cut "just over 50" more of its diplomatic staff in Russia: Foreign Ministry 31 Mar 2018 - 11:35 am

MOSCOW: Moscow has told Britain it must cut "just over 50" more of its diplomatic and technical staff in Russia in a worsening...

Russia complains about alleged search of airplane in London 31 Mar 2018 - 09:56 am

LONDON: The Russian Embassy in Britain has complained about the alleged search of a Russian airliner that landed at London's Heathrow Airport. The...

Bulgaria says will not expel Russian diplomats over spy poisoning 30 Mar 2018 - 01:01 pm

SOFIA, Bulgaria will not expel Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack in England that the British government has blamed on...

Siberian village stunned by deaths of schoolgirls in shopping mall blaze 29 Mar 2018 - 08:01 pm

TRESHCHEVSKY, Russia: Stuffed toys, flowers and bowls of sweets: these were just some of the offerings brought to a Siberian school by village...

Georgia expels Russian diplomat over spy poisoning 29 Mar 2018 - 02:54 pm

MOSCOW: The former Soviet republic of Georgia says it will expel a Russia diplomat in solidarity with Britain over the nerve agent poisoning...

Dutch voters say 'no' to new spy law 29 Mar 2018 - 02:28 pm

The Hague: Dutch voters narrowly rejected a new law giving security services greater powers to spy on emails and online data, the electoral...

'Corrosive' workplace culture silences harassment victims: UK equality watchdog 28 Mar 2018 - 08:09 pm

LONDON: At least three in four workers have experienced sexual harassment at work, and around half have not reported it, a survey by...

Malta recalls its Moscow ambassador for consultations after UK attack 28 Mar 2018 - 04:20 pm

VALLETTA: Malta is recalling its ambassador to Russia for consultations following the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in the British town...