World / Europe

Deadly storms spotlight Italy's illegal housing 05 Nov 2018 - 03:28 pm

Rome: Devastating floods in Italy that saw an entire family killed when their home was engulfed in water triggered a bitter row Monday...

Russia sends new frigate with cruise missiles onboard to Mediterranean 05 Nov 2018 - 02:34 pm

MOSCOW: Russia said it deployed its new frigate with long-range Kalibr cruise missiles to the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, a few months after...

Hundreds rally in Kiev after activist's acid attack death 04 Nov 2018 - 10:08 pm

KIEV, Ukraine: Several hundred people have gathered outside the Ukrainian Interior Ministry headquarters after the death of an anti-corruption activist who was attacked...

New Caledonia votes on independence from France 04 Nov 2018 - 10:49 am

Noumea, The French Pacific islands of New Caledonia were voting Sunday on whether to become an independent nation, in a closely-watched test of...

10 dead in Sicily floods: rescue service 04 Nov 2018 - 10:35 am

Rome, Ten people, including a family of nine, have died in floods around Palermo on the southern Italian island of Sicily, rescue services...

French far-right overtakes Macron in EU parliament election poll 04 Nov 2018 - 08:52 am

PARIS: France's far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party jumped ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's LREM for the first time in a poll of voting...

Norway's Solberg tightens political grip after winning key vote 03 Nov 2018 - 01:04 pm

Norway’s conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg is set to firm up her grip over Scandinavia’s richest nation after loyalists in a support party...

Finland seeks to become circular economy leader 03 Nov 2018 - 09:40 am

Helsinki: The Finnish Government has prioritised investments promoting the circular economy among its new spearhead projects at the time the European Union is...

Merkel in Ukraine to discuss conflict and gas 01 Nov 2018 - 03:33 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was in Ukraine Thursday to discuss the peace process in the east of the country as well as the...

UK, EU strike tentative Brexit deal on financial services: The Times 01 Nov 2018 - 11:09 am

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May has struck a tentative deal with the EU that would give financial services companies in the United...

France launches nationwide probe into baby arm deformations 31 Oct 2018 - 12:10 pm

Paris: France has launched a nationwide probe into incidents of babies being born with either missing or malformed arms after abnormal rates of...

Merkel says planned exit won't hurt her influence abroad 30 Oct 2018 - 08:03 pm

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday she does not expect her global influence to be diminished in the run-up to her planned...

Russia to respond to NATO exercises with missile tests 30 Oct 2018 - 07:46 pm

Byneset, Norvège: Russia plans to test missiles off Norway this week in an area where NATO is carrying out its biggest military exercises...

Merkel wants to stay chancellor until 2021: CDU sources 29 Oct 2018 - 01:58 pm

BERLIN: Angela Merkel has told members of her Christian Democrats (CDU) she wanted to serve her full term as German chancellor until 2021,...

Merkel to give up party leadership after poll setback 29 Oct 2018 - 01:55 pm

Berlin: Germany's Angela Merkel will not run for re-election as leader of her centre-right CDU, sources said Monday, in the clearest sign yet...

130 flights cancelled on fifth day of Brussels airport strike 29 Oct 2018 - 01:23 pm

Brussels: A baggage handlers strike at Brussels international airport forced the cancellation of 130 out of 630 flights scheduled for Monday, the fifth...

Merkel will not seek re-election as CDU party chair - source 29 Oct 2018 - 12:29 pm

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told leaders of her Christian Democrats (CDU) that she will not seek re-election as party chairwoman at...

Georgia presidential vote goes to second round runoff - Election Commission 29 Oct 2018 - 11:50 am

TBILISI, Georgia's presidential election will go to a second round runoff between two of the country's former foreign ministers after no single candidate...