World / Europe

Turkey's Erdogan says US courts cannot put Turkey on trial 02 Dec 2017 - 02:40 pm

ANKARA, Courts in the United States cannot put Turkey on trial, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, in reference to a Turkish...

Police probe possible explosive near German Xmas market 02 Dec 2017 - 10:08 am

Potsdam, Germany: German police on Friday were investigating a possible explosive device close to a Christmas market in Potsdam, reviving fears of a...

Clashes as Hondurans wait on poll result 02 Dec 2017 - 09:44 am

Tegucigalpa: Fresh clashes broke out Friday between riot police and opposition supporters in Honduras, as the counting of votes in a cliff-hanging presidential...

Fear in London as acid attacks soar 02 Dec 2017 - 09:34 am

London: Delivery rider Jabed Hussain was waiting at a traffic light one night in east London when two attackers sprayed acid in his...

Trump tweets strain US-Britain 'special relationship' 01 Dec 2017 - 10:07 am

LONDON?: A few days after his inauguration, U.S. President Donald Trump stood beside British Prime Minister Theresa May in the White House and...

Croatian president says 'we must admit crimes' after court suicide 30 Nov 2017 - 10:17 pm

Zagreb: Croatia's president said Thursday that citizens had to admit crimes were committed by fellow Croats during the 1990s conflict in Bosnia, a...

Man charged with murder of missing French girl 30 Nov 2017 - 10:05 pm

Grenoble, France: Prosecutors in eastern France on Thursday charged an ex-soldier with murdering a nine-year-old girl who went missing from a wedding party...

Trump was 'wrong' but UK-US relations will endure: May 30 Nov 2017 - 04:39 pm

London: Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday repeated her condemnation of US President Donald Trump's retweets of anti-Muslim videos posted by a British...

Macron, facing tricky US diplomacy, to lunch with Obama 30 Nov 2017 - 02:51 pm

Paris: Emmanuel Macron will host former US president Barack Obama for lunch on Saturday, the French leader's office said, as Paris pursues a...

Dark web drug market growing rapidly in Europe 28 Nov 2017 - 07:31 pm

LISBON: The illegal drug trade on the dark web is growing rapidly, despite authorities shutting down major market sites like AlphaBay, as crime...

Vending machine offers 24-hour food and clothing for UK homeless 28 Nov 2017 - 07:30 pm

LONDON: The world’s first vending machine for the homeless will start giving out free food and clothes as charities in Britain gear up...

Macedonia arrests 30 over violence in parliament 28 Nov 2017 - 05:15 pm

Skopje: Macedonian police on Tuesday arrested about 30 people, including two opposition MPs, former senior police officials and an ex-minister, over an April...

Putin warns of Russian demographic decline 28 Nov 2017 - 05:01 pm

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced a string of reforms aimed at boosting birth rates in Russia as the population continues its...

3,000 migrants died in Mediterranean this year: IOM 28 Nov 2017 - 03:55 pm

Geneva: More than 3,000 migrants and refugees have died crossing the Mediterranean in a desperate bid to reach Europe's shores since the start...

Merkel 'horrified' by knife attack on pro-refugee mayor 28 Nov 2017 - 03:06 pm

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday condemned a near fatal knife attack against a town mayor, apparently motivated by the local leader's...

60 migrants rescued off Romania's Black Sea coast 28 Nov 2017 - 01:11 pm

Bucharest: Around 60 migrants including children were rescued from a boat in the Black Sea overnight Monday to Tuesday, Romanian border police said...

Merkel vows 'serious' coalition talks with SPD 27 Nov 2017 - 04:55 pm

Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday her party was ready to hold serious talks with the Social Democrats to form a government, warning...

Prince Harry to marry Meghan Markle in 2018 27 Nov 2017 - 01:30 pm

London: Britain's Prince Harry will marry his US actress girlfriend Meghan Markle early next year after the couple became engaged earlier this month,...