World / Europe

Refurbishing Prince Harry and wife Meghan's home cost 2.4 mln pounds 25 Jun 2019 - 10:24 am

London: The cost of renovating Prince Harry and his wife Meghan's new home was 2.4 million pounds ($3 million), Buckingham Palace said on...

Boris Johnson says he is serious about going through with 'no-deal' Brexit 25 Jun 2019 - 10:08 am

London: Boris Johnson, the favourite to become British prime minister, said he will seek a new Brexit deal with the European Union but...

Swiss prepare tit-for-tat measure on stocks in spat with EU 24 Jun 2019 - 08:49 pm

GENEVA: Switzerland is preparing to hit back against the European Union in a standoff over bilateral relations between the rich Alpine country and...

Fake Twitter account for new UN food agency chief shut down 24 Jun 2019 - 07:24 pm

Rome: A fake Twitter account opened immediately after the weekend election of China's Qu Dongyu to head the Food and Agriculture Organization has...

Polish driving test candidate runs over and kills examiner 24 Jun 2019 - 06:35 pm

WARSAW: An examiner was run over and killed by a 68-year-old woman taking her driving test in the southern Polish city of Rybnik...

Suspected World War II bomb blasts crater in German field 24 Jun 2019 - 04:01 pm

Berlin: A bomb likely dating to World War II exploded in a field in western Germany leaving a huge crater but no injuries,...

Putin extends ban on European food imports until end of 2020 24 Jun 2019 - 02:41 pm

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday extending a Russian ban on food imports from the European Union until the end...

British parliament briefly evacuated due to fire alert - Reuters witness 24 Jun 2019 - 12:59 pm

LONDON, The British parliament was briefly evacuated on Monday due to a fire alert, a Reuters witness said. A message over the PA...

UK PM candidate Hunt: Boris Johnson is a "coward" for avoiding debates on Brexit 24 Jun 2019 - 10:52 am

LONDON, Jeremy Hunt, one of the two candidates vying to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May, said on Monday that rival Boris Johnson...

Asylum applications in EU rise as more Venezuelans seek refuge 24 Jun 2019 - 10:13 am

BRUSSELS: The number of people seeking political asylum in the European Union is rising again, driven up by Latin American refugees, but flows...

Czechs demand PM Babis quit in biggest protest since communist era 23 Jun 2019 - 07:40 pm

PRAGUE: Czechs turned out in their thousands on Sunday in Prague to call for the ousting of Prime Minister Andrej Babis, in the...

Massive crowd in Prague call for Czech PM's resignation 23 Jun 2019 - 07:03 pm

PRAGUE: The biggest anti-government protest in Prague since the 1989 pro-democratic Velvet Revolution is underway as Czechs urge Prime Minister Andrej Babis to...

Spain reports 100 migrants rescued at sea in 1 day 22 Jun 2019 - 07:17 pm

MADRID: Spain's maritime rescue service says over 100 migrants have been rescued from three boats attempting to reach Europe from northern Africa. The...

Russia to suspend Georgian airlines flights to Russia from July 8 22 Jun 2019 - 05:45 pm

MOSCOW: Russia will suspend passenger flights of Georgian airlines to Russia, the Transport Ministry said on Saturday following an outbreak of unrest in...

Heavy rains lead to flooded roads in Switzerland 22 Jun 2019 - 04:35 pm

BERLIN: Swiss media say four people have been injured after heavy rains in the west of the country saw rivers burst their banks...

Three dead in central Paris fire: rescue services 22 Jun 2019 - 04:29 pm

Paris: Three people died and another was seriously injured in a fire that broke out in a building in central Paris in the...

Germany's Merkel urges crackdown on far-right extremists 22 Jun 2019 - 04:19 pm

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel said the German government is "very, very serious" about fighting far-right extremism that presents "a big challenge for all...