World / Europe

Hungary, Austria and Serbia work together to stem migration 03 Oct 2022 - 05:01 pm

BERLIN: The leaders of Hungary, Austria and Serbia met on Monday in Budapest to find solutions on how to stem the increasing number...

Czech citizens raise $1.3m for modernised tank for Ukraine 03 Oct 2022 - 04:51 pm

PRAGUE: Czechs have become the first citizens of a country to raise money through crowd-funding to buy a modernised Soviet-era T-72 tank that...

EU antitrust watchdog in talks with Germany over 200 bln euro support plan 03 Oct 2022 - 03:43 pm

Brussels: The European Commission, which oversees EU antitrust policy, said on Monday it was talking with Germany about its energy support package, which...

Russian-installed official confirms Ukrainian breakthroughs in Kherson region 03 Oct 2022 - 12:58 pm

Kyiv: Ukrainian troops recaptured villages along the west bank of the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine on Monday in a major new breakthrough,...

Svante Paabo wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine 03 Oct 2022 - 12:50 pm

Stockholm: Scientist Svante Paabo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries "concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and...

Germany and EU members plan Iran sanctions over protests clampdown - Spiegel 03 Oct 2022 - 12:04 pm

Berlin: Germany, France, Denmark, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic have submitted proposals for new European Union sanctions against Iran for suppressing protests...

Ukraine claims control of Russian logistics hub, seeks to cut more supply lines 03 Oct 2022 - 10:31 am

Ukraineclaimed full control of Russia's eastern logistics hub Lyman, its most significant battlefield gain in weeks, setting the stage for further advances aimed...

Nobel panel to announce winner of medicine prize 03 Oct 2022 - 09:53 am

STOCKHOLM: The winner, or winners, of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will be announced Monday at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm,...

Truss drops tax cut for highest UK earners to fend off revolt 03 Oct 2022 - 09:51 am

Prime Minister Liz Truss dropped a plan to cut taxes for the highest earners just 10 days after announcing it, in a bid...

Britain to acquire two specialist ships to protect underwater infrastructure 02 Oct 2022 - 09:24 pm

BIRMINGHAM, England: Britain will acquire two specialist ships to protect underwater infrastructure such as cables and pipelines, defence minister Ben Wallace said on...

Petition for immediate UK election passes 400,000 signatures 02 Oct 2022 - 09:09 pm

A petition calling for an immediate UK general election is rapidly gaining support, racking up about 4,000 new signatories every hour. The petition...

Catalans compete to build the biggest human towers in Spain 02 Oct 2022 - 07:40 pm

Tarragona: Spain's biggest human towers competition took place on Sunday, with some 11,000 spectators packing the bullring in the northeastern city of Tarragona...

9 NATO members urge support for Ukraine after annexation 02 Oct 2022 - 07:28 pm

PRAGUE: The heads of nine European NATO members on Sunday issued a joint statement backing a path to membership for Ukraine in the...

Lula leads polls as Brazil votes in tense presidential contest 02 Oct 2022 - 04:16 pm

Brasilia: Brazilians cast their votes on Sunday in the first round of their country's most polarized election in decades, with leftist Luiz Inacio...

UK's King Charles, stepping back from campaigning, will not go to Egypt climate summit 02 Oct 2022 - 04:01 pm

London: Britain's King Charles will not attend a world leaders' climate change summit in Egypt next month, a royal source said on Sunday,...

Russian Deputy PM says restoration of Nord Stream possible: TASS 02 Oct 2022 - 03:58 pm

Moscow: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Sunday that it was technically possible to restore the ruptured offshore infrastructure of the...

Ukraine claims full control of key logistics hub, eyes further gains 02 Oct 2022 - 01:58 pm

Kyiv: Ukraine said on Sunday it was in full control of the eastern logistics hub ofLyman, Kyiv's most significant battlefield gain in weeks,...

IAEA head seeks release of Ukrainian nuclear plant head 02 Oct 2022 - 01:56 pm

Zurich: The head of the UNnuclear watchdog called for the release of the director-general of Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, saying his...