World / Europe

Fire in Russian foreign spy building 08 Nov 2017 - 06:57 pm

Moscow, Nov 8, 2017 (AFP) - A fire broke out at the headquarters of the highly-secretive Russian Foreign Intelligence service (SVR) on the...

US tightens Cuba travel rules 08 Nov 2017 - 05:48 pm

Washington: Tighter restrictions on US travellers to Cuba will go into effect on Thursday, officials said, almost five months after President Donald Trump...

Ukraine cancels weapons agreement with Russia 08 Nov 2017 - 05:44 pm

KIEV, Ukraine: Ukraine's Cabinet on Wednesday adopted a decree canceling an agreement with Russia for the supply of weapons and military equipment. The...

Macedonian jailed in absentia for destroying wiretap files 08 Nov 2017 - 05:21 pm

Skopje: Macedonia sentenced a former counter-intelligence official in absentia on Wednesday to 1.5 years in jail for destroying thousands of files linked to...

Top prisoner rights activist quits Russia after raid 08 Nov 2017 - 02:51 pm

Moscow: The founder of a prominent NGO that campaigns for the rights of Russian prisoners and their relatives said Wednesday she had emigrated...

Activists block roads, trains in Catalonia strike 08 Nov 2017 - 12:14 pm

Barcelona: Protesters blocked roads, highways and train tracks in Catalonia on Wednesday as part of a region-wide strike called by a pro-independence union....

UK aid minister facing sack over undisclosed meetings with Israelis - Sun newspaper 08 Nov 2017 - 10:44 am

LONDON,Britain’s aid minister Priti Patel’s future was in doubt on Wednesday after the Sun newspaper reported she had held two further undisclosed meeting...

Al-Azhar's imam meets pope, vows to fight terrorism 07 Nov 2017 - 11:43 pm

Rome: The grand imam of Egypt's famed Al-Azhar institution Ahmed al-Tayeb, one of the Muslim world's leading religious authorities, on Tuesday met Pope...

Deposed Catalan leader slams EU for 'helping' Spanish PM 07 Nov 2017 - 11:05 pm

Brussels: Deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Tuesday slammed the European Union for backing what he termed Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's "coup...

Legionnaires’ disease in Lisbon hospital kills 2, 32 infected 07 Nov 2017 - 05:51 pm

LISBON: An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in a large Lisbon hospital has killed two people and made at least another 32 sick since...

Former Welsh government minister, suspended in scandal probe, found dead 07 Nov 2017 - 05:18 pm

LONDON: Former Welsh government minister Carl Sargeant, who was suspended last week after allegations were made over his conduct with women, has been...

Putin, wary of political tumult, shuns Russian Revolution centenary 07 Nov 2017 - 04:26 pm

MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin stayed away from events marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution on Tuesday, an event that changed the world but...

Scottish parliament evacuated after envelopes found to contain white powder 07 Nov 2017 - 03:56 pm

EDINBURGH: The Scottish devolved parliament in Edinburgh was evacuated on Tuesday after a suspicious package was found, police said, while a source working...

10 held in Swiss, French anti-terror operation: probe sources 07 Nov 2017 - 02:54 pm

Paris: Ten people were arrested in an anti-terror operation in France and Switzerland on Tuesday including a Swiss man linked to a foiled...

Britain says Iran's treatment of jailed aid worker is unacceptable 07 Nov 2017 - 11:37 am

LONDON, Iran’s continued detention of jailed Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is unacceptable, British trade minister Liam Fox said on Tuesday, adding that...

'Immortal' Berlusconi leads resurgent right to Sicily triumph 06 Nov 2017 - 10:56 pm

Catania: Silvio Berlusconi was Monday celebrating a return to centre-stage in Italian politics as a right-wing coalition he helped put together declared victory...

British minister ignores opposition demands on Brexit impact studies 06 Nov 2017 - 09:20 pm

LONDON: Britain’s government ignored opposition demands on Monday to share its economic assessment of Brexit this week, delaying the publication of reports Prime...