World / Europe

Putin: Nobody believed Trump would win 23 Dec 2016 - 09:21 pm

Moscow: Russia's President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that US President-elect Donald Trump accurately read the popular mood in the United States to win...

Former Romanian PM probed over 1990 bloodshed 23 Dec 2016 - 09:21 pm

Romanian prosecutors said yesterday that they have widened their probe into deadly violence that followed the country's 1989 revolution to include ex-premier Petre...

Mediterranean toll at record 5,000 in 2016 23 Dec 2016 - 09:19 pm

Geneva: Around 100 people are missing and feared dead after two shipwrecks off Italy, raising the estimated death toll among migrants on the...

Two arrested in Germany over mall attack plot 23 Dec 2016 - 08:47 pm

Berlin: Police have arrested two brothers on suspicion of planning to attack one of Germany's biggest shopping centres, authorities said yesterday, four days...

French prefer independent Macron for president-poll 23 Dec 2016 - 08:46 pm

Paris: Most French voters including National Front supporters think independent Emmanuel Macron would make a better president than conservative election frontrunner Francois Fillon,...

Greek gran becomes oldest surrogate mum 23 Dec 2016 - 08:45 pm

Athens: A 67-year-old Greek grandmother has given birth to her daughter's baby girl, becoming the world's oldest such surrogate mother, her medical team...

Ukraine rebels agree to new armistice 23 Dec 2016 - 08:42 pm

Kiev: A top Ukrainian insurgent said yesterday the rebels had agreed to an indefinite ceasefire negotiated by Russia and Ukraine that would go...

Berlin truck attack suspect Anis Amri killed in Milan police shootout 23 Dec 2016 - 08:31 pm

MILAN: The Tunisian man suspected in a deadly attack on a Christmas market in Berlin was killed early Friday in a shootout with...

'We're not at war', stoic Germans say after Berlin attack 23 Dec 2016 - 01:22 pm

Berlin: The Berlin attack may have rattled nerves but, mindful of their own dark history, Germans are resisting calls for a security overhaul...

Berlin truck attack suspect shot dead in Milan: Italian media 23 Dec 2016 - 12:50 pm

BERLIN/MILAN: A man believed to be the suspect in the Berlin Christmas market truck attack was killed in a shoot-out in a suburb...

On Irish border, shopkeepers fight Brexit fallout 23 Dec 2016 - 12:15 pm

Dundalk, Ireland: In the wake of the Brexit referendum earthquake, few people felt the aftershocks as keenly as the shopkeepers of Dundalk, a...

Russia says Trump better partner on Syria than Obama - Ifax 23 Dec 2016 - 12:10 pm

MOSCOW: Russia is not in touch with the incoming U.S. administration over Syria, but Moscow sees Donald Trump as a better partner to...

German police suspect Christmas market attacker still in Berlin - media 23 Dec 2016 - 10:58 am

BERLIN: The Tunisian suspected of killing 12 people at a Berlin Christmas market was filmed by police in the city shortly after the...

Restoration in progress 23 Dec 2016 - 03:34 am

Russia bids farewell to slain envoy 23 Dec 2016 - 03:30 am

Moscow: Russia staged a sombre funeral ceremony yesterday for Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey who was shot dead in Ankara by...

Berlin market reopens; hunt for attacker goes on 23 Dec 2016 - 03:22 am

Berlin: The Berlin Christmas market that was ripped apart by a deadly truck attack reopened yesterday in a signal of the German capital's...

Opinion: Berlin attack exposes a deportation problem 23 Dec 2016 - 03:19 am

The story of Anis Amri, the man sought in connection with Monday’s terror attack in Berlin, shows clearly that Europe, and Germany in...

Opinion: Yes, 2016 was bad and next year could be worse 23 Dec 2016 - 03:17 am

The killing of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey on Monday evening might have prompted knee-jerk comparisons to the 1914 assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand,...