World / Europe

Dutch voters say 'no' to new spy law 29 Mar 2018 - 02:28 pm

The Hague: Dutch voters narrowly rejected a new law giving security services greater powers to spy on emails and online data, the electoral...

'Corrosive' workplace culture silences harassment victims: UK equality watchdog 28 Mar 2018 - 08:09 pm

LONDON: At least three in four workers have experienced sexual harassment at work, and around half have not reported it, a survey by...

Malta recalls its Moscow ambassador for consultations after UK attack 28 Mar 2018 - 04:20 pm

VALLETTA: Malta is recalling its ambassador to Russia for consultations following the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in the British town...

Macron hails slain policeman as symbol of 'French resistance' 28 Mar 2018 - 02:42 pm

Paris: President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday hailed a policeman who sacrificed his life in an Islamist attack as a symbol of the "French...

Turkey won't act against Russia 'based on allegation': Erdogan 28 Mar 2018 - 12:47 pm

Ankara: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signalled Turkey has no plans to follow its NATO and EU allies in expelling Russian diplomats following a...

Kremlin: we'll retaliate over diplomat expulsions in our own time 28 Mar 2018 - 12:32 pm

MOSCOW: Russia will definitely retaliate for the expulsions of Russian diplomats by multiple Western and east European governments, but will do so at...

Luxembourg recalls ambassador to Moscow over UK spy poisoning 28 Mar 2018 - 11:25 am

Luxembourg: Luxembourg is recalling its ambassador to Moscow for consultations in the latest show of solidarity from EU states to Britain over the...

Jobless Italian stole aubergine to feed his child. Finally cleared of theft after 9 yrs, 2-month jail, €120 27 Mar 2018 - 09:21 pm

Rome: An Italian man has finally been acquitted of stealing an aubergine nine years after first being charged, ending a legal wrangle over...

Britain reviewing visas issued to investors: PM May 27 Mar 2018 - 07:53 pm

LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May, answering questions about Britain's response to Russia's suspected involvement in a poisoning in England, said her government was...

NATO joins two dozen nations in Russian expulsions over spy attack 27 Mar 2018 - 07:42 pm

London: NATO joined two dozen governments around the world Tuesday in expelling Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack in Britain,...

Throwing Brexit to the wind: how the EU rallied around Britain over Russia 27 Mar 2018 - 07:33 pm

BRUSSELS: Three days after European Union leaders left a summit in Brussels with a discreet yet vague agreement to expel Russian diplomats over...

UK's May says she hopes Facebook boss understands data leak concerns 27 Mar 2018 - 07:12 pm

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May said she hoped Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg understood why people were concerned about alleged leaks of...

Puigdemont vows to 'never surrender', 'continue fight': lawyer 27 Mar 2018 - 06:17 pm

Neumünster, Germany: Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, in German custody pending possible extradition to Spain to face "rebellion" charges, vows to "never surrender"...

Australia, Ireland join countries expelling Russians 27 Mar 2018 - 04:52 pm

LONDON: Australia and Ireland on Tuesday joined more than 20 other nations in expelling Russian diplomats in response to the nerve agent attack...

Police search for Italian man missing in Istanbul 27 Mar 2018 - 03:58 pm

ISTANBUL: An Italian father is desperately seeking information about his son, who disappeared in Istanbul nearly two weeks ago. Thirty-three-year-old Alessandro Fiori of...

Skripal case has sparked new Cold War: Russian media 27 Mar 2018 - 03:29 pm

Moscow: Russian media on Tuesday shared the view that Western countries' coordinated expulsions of Russian diplomats following the poisoning in Britain of a...

Putin blames 'criminal negligence' for fire that killed 41 children 27 Mar 2018 - 02:41 pm

Kemerovo, Russia: President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday "criminal negligence" was to blame for a Siberian mall fire that killed at least 64 people,...

Russia blames US pressure on allies for expulsions 27 Mar 2018 - 01:43 pm

Tashkent: Moscow on Tuesday charged Washington had put "colossal pressure" on allies to expel scores of Russian diplomats, and vowed to retaliate. "This...