World / Europe

Drunk driver rides e-scooter on German Autobahn 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

Frankfurt am Main: German police on Thursday stopped an inebriated 27-year-old man who was caught riding an electric scooter on a motorway. Police...

Notre-Dame restoration enters risky phase with scaffolding removal 26 Dec 2019 - 06:59 pm

PARIS: The operation to shore up fire-ravaged Notre-Dame Cathedral is entering a risky stage as engineers resume preparations for the removal of scaffolding...

Anti-Putin activist 'forcibly drafted' and sent to Arctic base 26 Dec 2019 - 12:04 am

Moscow: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that one of his allies had been forcibly conscripted and sent to serve at a...

21 suffer carbon monoxide poisoning at French Christmas mass 25 Dec 2019 - 10:13 pm

Lille, France: Twenty-one people were hospitalised in northern France, two in a serious condition, after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning during Christmas mass, emergency...

Spain probes pool deaths of Briton and two children 25 Dec 2019 - 10:13 pm

Madrid: Spanish police have launched an investigation into the Christmas Eve drowning of three members of a British family in a swimming pool...

Wolf 'snatches kangaroo' in Belgium 25 Dec 2019 - 10:12 pm

Brussels: A wolf is believed to have snatched a domesticated kangaroo in Belgium and wounded another in an overnight attack, a wolf expert...

Little Christmas cheer as French transport strike enters fourth week 25 Dec 2019 - 07:10 pm

Paris: Christmas Day brought no respite for travellers in France as a transport strike entered its fourth week, ruining the plans of thousands...

Britain's Prince Andrew skips Christmas Day walk after royals' 'bumpy' year 25 Dec 2019 - 07:10 pm

SANDRINGHAM: Britain's Prince Andrew skipped the royals' traditional Christmas Day walk to church after what his mother Queen Elizabeth said in her seasonal...

Queen Elizabeth II, close family celebrate Christmas 25 Dec 2019 - 05:01 pm

SANDRINGHAM, England: Queen Elizabeth II and her close family celebrated Christmas with a morning service at St. Mary Magdalene Church near her rural...

Pope's Christmas message appeals for peace in global flashpoints 25 Dec 2019 - 04:52 pm

Vatican City: Christmas celebrations kicked off around the world on Wednesday, with Pope Francis appealing for peace in many of the world's hotspots...

15 people injured in helicopter emergency landing in Russia 25 Dec 2019 - 01:09 pm

MOSCOW: Russian officials say 15 people are injured after a passenger helicopter made a rough emergency landing in Siberia on Wednesday morning. The...

British father, two children drown in Spanish pool on Christmas eve 25 Dec 2019 - 12:34 am

MADRID: Three members of the same British family - the father and two children - were found dead on Tuesday in a swimming...

Don't let Church failings distance you from God, Pope says on Christmas Eve 25 Dec 2019 - 12:33 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis led the world's 1.3 billion Roman Catholics into Christmas on Tuesday, urging them not to let the Church's failings...

Pope Francis kicks off Christmas celebrations with midnight Mass 25 Dec 2019 - 12:33 am

Rome: Pope Francis ushered in Christmas celebrations for the world's 1.3 billion Catholics on Tuesday, saying the celebration of Jesus's birth reminded humanity...

German exchange student says he's told to leave India after joining citizenship protests 24 Dec 2019 - 09:43 pm

BENGALURU: A German exchange student said on Tuesday that Indian authorities had ordered him to leave the country after he took part in...

Police sprinting champ nabs Spanish bag snatchers 24 Dec 2019 - 08:45 pm

Madrid: Two Spanish robbers who tried to flee on foot after snatching a bag containing 3,000 euros ($3,300) met with more than they...

Putin takes first train across Crimea bridge 23 Dec 2019 - 11:12 pm

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin on Monday stood in the driver's cabin of a train for the official opening of a railway bridge that...

Italian right-to-die activist acquitted of assisting suicide 23 Dec 2019 - 07:03 pm

MILAN: A Milan court on Monday acquitted right-to-die activist Marco Cappato of aiding suicide, following a landmark constitutional court ruling which breached Italy's...