World / Europe

'Justice for Jerry': Runaway bull charms Croatia 28 Oct 2019 - 05:37 pm

Zagreb: The plight of a fugitive one-year-old bull named Jerry has won hearts in Croatia after the animal escaped from a slaughterhouse last...

Croatian turns garden into site for plane parties 28 Oct 2019 - 05:37 pm

Strmec Stubicki, Croatia: In the middle of a tiny village in northwestern Croatia lies a Fokker-100 plane parked in a local resident's garden,...

How does UK PM Johnson call an early election? 28 Oct 2019 - 05:37 pm

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has two options to call an early election in his quest for a majority that could break Britain's...

Dutch Brexit beach party suffers its own postponement 28 Oct 2019 - 05:37 pm

The Hague: A Dutch beach party billed as a "symbolic chance to wave good-bye to Britain" as London battles to leave the European...

EU grants Brexit delay to Jan. 31; UK ponders new election 28 Oct 2019 - 02:28 pm

Brussels: The European Union agreed Monday to delay Brexit until Jan. 31 next year - just three days before Britain was due to...

Protesters in Rome call for mayor to resign 26 Oct 2019 - 02:38 pm

Rome: Hundreds of people marched along the Tiber River on Saturday to demand Rome mayor Virginia Raggi resign over the state of the...

Britons say they oppose police use of facial recognition tech 26 Oct 2019 - 12:06 am

LONDON: Almost two in three Britons disagree with police using artificial intelligence such as facial recognition technology to identify suspects, according to a...

Judges hear legal case on London police handling of climate protests 26 Oct 2019 - 12:06 am

LONDON: Lawyers for climate change activists in the Extinction Rebellion movement argued in London's High Court Thursday that a police order barring further...

UK police arrest man and woman for human trafficking over truck deaths 25 Oct 2019 - 06:30 pm

GRAYS, England: Police investigating the deaths of 39 people in a truck near London said they had arrested a man and a woman...

Probe expands in truck deaths, all 39 victims are from China 24 Oct 2019 - 06:26 pm

LONDON: All 39 people found dead in a refrigerated container truck near an English port were Chinese citizens, British police confirmed Thursday as...

A journey to death in a container: What we know so far about Chinese victims 24 Oct 2019 - 04:55 pm

LONDON: The 39 people found dead in the back of a refrigerated truck near London are believed to be Chinese nationals, British police...

UK police say 39 people found dead in truck near London were Chinese 24 Oct 2019 - 02:41 pm

LONDON: All the 39 people found dead in a lorry to the east of London are believed to be Chinese, British police said...

Macron proposes Atos CEO Thierry Breton as new French EU commissioner 24 Oct 2019 - 08:36 am

PARIS, France has proposed Atos technology group Chief Executive Officer Thierry Breton as its candidate to head industrial policy in the next European...

Murder probe in Britain after 39 dead found in back of cargo truck 23 Oct 2019 - 05:20 pm

LONDON: Police in southeastern England launched a murder investigation after 39 people were found dead early Wednesday inside a large cargo truck that...

Italian couple saved from landslide by their cats 23 Oct 2019 - 12:23 pm

Rome: An Italian couple survived a landslide that caused their house to collapse after being woken by their cats, giving them time to...

British police find 39 bodies in a truck container 23 Oct 2019 - 11:52 am

London: British police found the bodies of 39 people in a truck container at an industrial estate to the east of London on...

Grenade blast in Kiev kills two: police 23 Oct 2019 - 11:32 am

Kiev: Two men were killed in an apparent hand grenade explosion in downtown Kiev, Ukrainian police said on Wednesday. The blast that left...

Austria's early ski slope sparks row among environmentalists 23 Oct 2019 - 09:50 am

Mittersill, Austria: A singular bright strip of snow stands out brightly against Austria's autumnal surroundings but the ski slope's early opening is drawing...