World / Europe

UK queen attends service for Westminster Abbey's 750th anniversary 15 Oct 2019 - 04:12 pm

LONDON: Queen Elizabeth attended a service at London's Westminster Abbey on Tuesday to mark 750 years since King Edward the Confessor's original church...

EU: Brexit deal still possible this week, UK must act now 15 Oct 2019 - 03:40 pm

LUXEMBOURG: Brexit divorce deal is still possible ahead of Thursday's European Union summit but the British government needs to move ahead with more...

Jailed Catalan separatist leader says new referendum inevitable 15 Oct 2019 - 02:16 pm

BARCELONA: The jailing of Catalan separatists for their role in a failed secession bid will only galvanise the region's independence movement and another...

France warns of 'endless soap opera' on EU membership talks with Balkans 15 Oct 2019 - 12:46 pm

LUXEMBOURG: France stuck to its hardline position against European Union membership talks for North Macedonia and Albania on Tuesday, warning it could not...

Jaroslaw Kaczynski: Poland's polarising powerbroker 14 Oct 2019 - 09:07 pm

Warsaw,: What Jaroslaw Kaczynski lacks in size, he more than makes up for in political acumen, audacity and clout which have kept him...

Catalan protests clog Barcelona after separatist leaders jailed 14 Oct 2019 - 06:01 pm

Catalan separatists took to the streets of Barcelona Monday after many of their leaders were jailed by Spain’s Supreme Court over an attempt...

Far-right groups protest Ukrainian president's peace plan 14 Oct 2019 - 06:01 pm

KYIV, Ukraine: Shooting off flares and shouting "glory to Ukraine," thousands of far-right and nationalist activists marched Monday through Kyiv, protesting President Volodymyr...

Russia detains four more over opposition protest 14 Oct 2019 - 05:33 pm

Moscow: Russian investigators said Monday they had detained four more people suspected of violence against police at an unauthorised opposition protest in July,...

Brexit on October 31 a 'priority' for British government: Queen 14 Oct 2019 - 05:21 pm

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday set out his government's priorities at a parliamentary ceremony full of pomp and pageantry attended...

Unveiling UK government plan, Queen Elizabeth says priority is to exit EU on Oct 31 14 Oct 2019 - 01:59 pm

LONDON: Queen Elizabeth set out Prime Minister Boris Johnson's agenda for his government on Monday, including an Oct. 31 Brexit, a new deal...

Spain jails Catalan leaders up to 13 years for independence bid 14 Oct 2019 - 11:15 am

Madrid, Spain's Supreme Court on Monday sentenced nine Catalan leaders to prison terms of between nine and 13 years for sedition for their...

Poland's ruling nationalists ahead in election - partial results 14 Oct 2019 - 08:19 am

WARSAW, Poland's ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party was in the lead in Sunday's parliamentary election with 49.3% of votes, according to...

Hippo ivory to be banned in the U.K., Sunday Telegraph reports 13 Oct 2019 - 05:31 pm

The U.K. will ban hippo ivory as the government plans to close a loophole in poaching laws, the Sunday Telegraph reported, citing people...

Populists eye victory in deeply divided Poland 13 Oct 2019 - 08:41 am

Warsaw: Poles began voting on Sunday in a polarising election which the governing populists look set to win on the back of welfare...

Catalan separatist leaders to get up to 15 years in jail 12 Oct 2019 - 04:48 pm

MADRID: Spain's Supreme Court plans to convict and sentence Catalan separatist leaders to a maximum of 15 years in prison over a 2017...

First female head of Nobel's literature award body has died 12 Oct 2019 - 02:12 pm

HELSINKI: Sara Danius, the first female head of the prestigious Swedish body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died. She was...

Terror probe after mass stabbing at UK shopping centre 11 Oct 2019 - 08:01 pm

Manchester, United Kingdom: Police arrested a man on terror charges Friday after a mass stabbing at a shopping centre in Manchester, northwest England,...