World / Europe

At Barcelona rally, Spanish right lambasts amnesty plan 08 Oct 2023 - 05:52 pm

Barcelona: Spain's right-wing leaders lambasted plans to grant Catalan separatists an amnesty in exchange for supporting a new left-wing government at aBarcelonarally Sunday...

Spain's first private rocket successfully lifts off 07 Oct 2023 - 02:05 pm

Madrid: A Spanish company launched the country's first private rocket on Saturday in a step towards bringing Spain into the exclusive club of...

Bedbugs force closure of seven schools in France, says education minister 06 Oct 2023 - 11:39 pm

Paris: France has been forced to shut seven schools over growing concerns over an infestation of bedbugs, Education Minister Gabriel Attal said on...

Deadly new strike as Ukraine mourns dozens killed at wake 06 Oct 2023 - 10:25 pm

Kharkiv, Ukraine: A 10-year-old and his grandmother were killed on Friday when Russian missiles smashed into Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, just hours after...

Kazakhstan moves to promote its language over Russian 06 Oct 2023 - 05:14 pm

Astana: Kazakhstan announced on Friday new efforts to increase the share of the Kazakh language over Russian in its media landscape, amid growing...

German factory orders rebound more than expected in August 06 Oct 2023 - 11:33 am

Frankfurt, Germany: German factory orders rose more than expected in August, official data showed Friday, in a rare bit of good news for...

UK man gets 9 years in foiled crossbow attack on queen 05 Oct 2023 - 09:32 pm

London: A man who admitted trying to kill the lateQueen Elizabeth IIafter being found on the grounds of Windsor Castle with a loaded...

Slovakia freezes decisions on Ukraine military aid 05 Oct 2023 - 07:10 pm

Bratislava: Slovakia has frozen decisions on providing military aid to neighbouring Ukraine after populists opposed to military assistance for Kyiv won a parliamentary...

Prosecutors investigating the Venice bus crash are questioning survivors and examining the guardrail 05 Oct 2023 - 06:30 pm

MILAN:Prosecutors in Italy said Thursday they have ordered an expert examination of an overpass guardrail that gave way when struck by a shuttle...

Poland vows to oppose EU migrant deal 05 Oct 2023 - 03:25 pm

Warsaw: Poland's right-wing prime minister on Thursday branded a EU migration reform package a diktat from Brussels and Berlin and pledged a "firm...

Trains collide in northern Polish city, injuring 5 people 05 Oct 2023 - 11:23 am

WARSAW, Poland: Two trains collided head-on in the northern Polish city of Gdynia on Thursday morning, injuring five people, emergency services said. Four...

Ukrainian rockets not behind deadly Olenivka prison strike: UN 05 Oct 2023 - 09:51 am

Geneva: A deadly blast at a prison in occupied eastern Ukraine last year, which Kyiv and Moscow blamed on each other, was not...

Russian 80-year-old woman found with needle in brain during CT scan 04 Oct 2023 - 06:14 pm

Moscow: An elderly woman in Russia's Far East was revealed on Wednesday to have lived for 80 years with an inch-long needle in...

France hits back at hysteria over bedbug 'invasion' 04 Oct 2023 - 05:37 pm

Paris: The French government on Wednesday sought to calm growing public fears over a supposed bedbug invasion, saying there was no evidence of...

Rishi Sunak 'changing Britain' plan includes railway cuts and crackdown on smoking 04 Oct 2023 - 05:21 pm

Manchester, England: Battling gloomy opinion polls and mounting doubts, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday promised skeptical voters, and his own Conservative...

Trio wins Nobel Chemistry Prize for nanocrystals work 04 Oct 2023 - 01:06 pm

Stockholm: French-born Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus of the United States and Russian-born Alexei Ekimov on Wednesday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for research...