World / Europe

Football club opens doors to London homeless 19 Jan 2019 - 05:03 pm

London: Crystal Palace have opened up their Selhurst Park stadium to rough sleepers seeking shelter from the winter weather, the English Premier League...

Hundreds of yellow vests protest despite Macron outreach 19 Jan 2019 - 03:12 pm

PARIS: Hundreds of yellow vest protesters rallied in several French cities for a tenth consecutive weekend on Saturday despite a national debate launched...

Former British PM Major urges May to drop Brexit red lines 19 Jan 2019 - 01:02 pm

LONDON: Former British prime minister John Major urged Theresa May on Saturday to drop her "red lines" on Brexit or allow parliament to...

Bulgaria extradites Russian hacker to US: embassy 19 Jan 2019 - 12:44 pm

Moscow: Bulgaria has extradited a Russian indicted by a US court for mounting a complex hacking scheme to the United States, the Russian...

Fresh setbacks slow search for Spanish toddler in well 18 Jan 2019 - 10:28 pm

Madrid: The six-day search for a toddler who fell down a well in Spain ran into more setbacks on Friday, with engineers warning...

Macron ex-aide Benalla charged over diplomatic passports 18 Jan 2019 - 10:28 pm

Paris: A former top security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron who was at the heart of a scandal this summer was charged...

Tens of thousands honor stabbed Polish mayor on burial eve 18 Jan 2019 - 10:06 pm

WARSAW: Church bells tolled as tens of thousands in Poland's northern city of Gdansk walked in a procession Friday bringing the coffin of...

UK Queen Elizabeth's husband Philip, 97, recovers after car crash 18 Jan 2019 - 01:14 pm

SANDRINGHAM, England, Queen Elizabeth's 97-year-old husband Prince Philip was recovering at the couple's home in eastern England on Friday after escaping without injury...

Swedish lawmakers elect PM Lofven to second term 18 Jan 2019 - 12:39 pm

Stockholm, Sweden ended a four-month political vacuum Friday when lawmakers elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to a second term, after he elbowed out...

Where next for Brexit? staying close or a more severe separation? 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am

Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been thrown out by Parliament. She’s now in talks with rival politicians to find a way...

Putin calls for stable Balkans during Serbia visit 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am

Belgrade: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for stability in the Balkans during a pageantry-filled visit to Serbia, a key Moscow ally....

Rescue of Spanish boy trapped in well runs into problems 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am

Totalán, Spain: The search for a toddler who fell down a well in Spain in a tragedy that has gripped the country ran...

UK in deadlock over Brexit 'Plan B' as May and Corbyn double down 17 Jan 2019 - 10:55 pm

LONDON: Britain's last-minute scramble to shape an EU exit, its biggest policy upheaval in half a century, stalled on Thursday as Prime Minister...

France activates plan for no-deal Brexit: PM 17 Jan 2019 - 01:36 pm

Paris: The French government has activated its plans for handling the effects of a no-deal Brexit, which has become "less and less unlikely",...

Japan's Hitachi freezes British nuclear project 17 Jan 2019 - 01:00 pm

Tokyo: Hitachi said Thursday it would freeze construction of its stalled nuclear power station in Wales due to problems financing the project, a...

Strong explosion, fire hits French university building 17 Jan 2019 - 11:59 am

PARIS: French authorities say a strong explosion and fire has hit a science building at the University of Lyon. At least three people...

UK PM May reaches out to rivals after winning confidence vote 17 Jan 2019 - 08:00 am

London: British Prime Minister Theresa May has reached out to her opponents after narrowly surviving a confidence vote sparked by the crushing defeat...

British government survives no-confidence vote 16 Jan 2019 - 10:29 pm

London: British Prime Minister Theresa May's government saw off a vote of no confidence in parliament on Wednesday, brought after MPs overwhelmingly rejected...