World / Europe

Pilots pulled in opposite directions in Air France landing scare: BEA 28 Apr 2022 - 12:19 pm

Paris: Air France pilots who reported their Boeing 777 was failing to respond while preparing to land earlier this month simultaneously pulled the...

UK says Ukraine can attack Russian logistics, unlikely to use its weapons 28 Apr 2022 - 10:35 am

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday it would be legitimate for Ukrainian forces to target Russian logistics but they were unlikely...

Microsoft discloses onslaught of Russian cyberattacks on Ukraine 27 Apr 2022 - 08:10 pm

Russian government hackers carried out multiple cyber operations against Ukraine that appeared to support Moscow's military attacks and online propaganda campaigns, Microsoft said...

Doubling up: Italian children should get both parents' surnames, court says 27 Apr 2022 - 05:17 pm

ROME: Italian children should be given the surname of both parents, the Constitutional Court said on Wednesday, overturning the tradition by which all...

Ukrainian farmer shelters in old cellar from war with just pickles to eat 27 Apr 2022 - 04:32 pm

STUDENOK, Ukraine: A farmer living close to the frontline of war in Ukraine's east has converted his old cellar into a bomb shelter...

EU looks at ramping up COVID vaccinations of kids, developing antivirals 27 Apr 2022 - 04:16 pm

BRUSSELS: European Union governments should ramp up COVID-19 immunisations of children, the European Commission said on Wednesday in presenting its strategy to move...

Textbook launch as Musk's SpaceX sends 4 astronauts to space station 27 Apr 2022 - 03:58 pm

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX launched four more astronauts into orbit on Wednesday en route to the International Space Station...

Dutch celebrate first King's Day holiday without COVID curbs since 2019 27 Apr 2022 - 02:54 pm

MAASTRICHT: The city streets around the Netherlands streamed with festival-goers wearing orange on Wednesday in celebration of the national holiday King's Day in...

Kellogg's takes Britain to court over new sugar rules 27 Apr 2022 - 01:45 pm

LONDON: U.S. food company Kellogg's is taking the British government to court over new rules that would stop some of its breakfast cereals...

Denmark arrests man over promotion of IS on social media 27 Apr 2022 - 01:22 pm

A man was arrested in Denmark on Wednesday on suspicion of violating anti-terrorism laws by allegedly promoting the Islamic State group on social...

Russia's Gazprom halts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria 27 Apr 2022 - 09:58 am

Sofia/Warsaw: Russian energy giant Gazprom on Wednesday halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland for failing to pay for gas in roubles, the...

Poland, Bulgaria say Russia suspending natural gas supplies 27 Apr 2022 - 09:37 am

Polish and Bulgarian officials said Tuesday that Moscow is cutting off natural gas deliveries to their countries due to their refusal to pay...

Russian gas transit shipments via Bulgaria to Hungary coming as scheduled 27 Apr 2022 - 09:08 am

Hungary is receiving Russian gas according to its contract with Gazprom via Bulgaria and Serbia, and Gazprom informed Hungary that transit shipments via...

UK's Johnson says Putin has room to withdraw from Ukraine 26 Apr 2022 - 11:36 pm

LONDON- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he did not expect any further Russian military failures in Ukraine to push President...

WHO warns about the dangers of health misinformation as Musk takes over Twitter 26 Apr 2022 - 09:50 pm

As billionaire Elon Musk nears a potential deal to buy Twitter Inc., a World Health Organization official warned of the dangers of health...

WHO chief says we are 'increasingly blind' on COVID transmission 26 Apr 2022 - 07:54 pm

GENEVA/LONDON- The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday urged countries to maintain surveillance of coronavirus infections, saying the world was "blind"...

Ukrainian farmers don bulletproof vests to plough frontline fields 26 Apr 2022 - 06:50 pm

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, Ukraine: Ukrainian farmers in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia which borders the frontline of the military conflict with Russia are now...

UN wants to coordinate efforts to save lives in Mariupol, UN chief tells Russia 26 Apr 2022 - 06:11 pm

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Russia's foreign minister on Tuesday that he was ready to fully mobilise the organisation's resources to save...