World / Europe

Search operation ended in Genoa, bridge death toll rises to 43 19 Aug 2018 - 12:25 pm

MILAN, The search operation for those missing after a motorway bridge collapsed in the Italian port city of Genoa ended overnight after the...

Cossacks and flowers as Putin dances at Austrian minister's wedding 18 Aug 2018 - 08:43 pm

VIENNA: Russian President Vladimir Putin danced arm-in-arm with Austria's Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl at her wedding on Saturday, after receiving an invitation that...

Italy buries bridge collapse dead as outrage simmers 18 Aug 2018 - 05:52 pm

Genoa, Italy: Thousands of mourners attended a state funeral in the Italian city of Genoa to bid a solemn farewell to victims of...

Belarus' Lukashenko dismisses top ministers, names new PM 18 Aug 2018 - 04:32 pm

MINSK: Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has dismissed the country's prime minister and other top ministers, the presidential press service said on Saturday, in...

Former UN chief Kofi Annan dies at 80 18 Aug 2018 - 01:33 pm

Geneva, Former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan died Saturday after a short illness at the age of...

Three dead, 18 wounded in Poland bus crash 18 Aug 2018 - 12:09 pm

Warsaw, Three people were killed and 18 wounded in southeastern Poland when a bus with Ukrainian tourists headed for Austria plunged off the...

Catalan rift clouds Spain's homage to attack victims 18 Aug 2018 - 02:48 am

Barcelona: A year after a jihadist rampage in Catalonia killed 16 people, Spain paid homage to the victims Friday without managing to set...

Anger engulfs families as Italy buries its bridge victims 18 Aug 2018 - 02:32 am

GENOA, Italy: With anger and grief, Italians began burying some of their dead Friday from the Genoa highway bridge collapse, holding funerals in...

Facing far-right protest, Merkel pledges action over failed asylum seekers 17 Aug 2018 - 04:13 am

DRESDEN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday her government would step up efforts to deport rejected asylum seekers faster, after hundreds of...

Muja the alligator still alive and snapping in his 80s at Belgrade Zoo 15 Aug 2018 - 02:13 pm

BELGRADE, American alligator Muja arrived at Belgrade Zoo on the eve of the Second World War and is believed to be the oldest...

Death toll rises to 35 in Italy bridge collapse 15 Aug 2018 - 11:03 am

Genoa, Italy, A frantic search was underway Wednesday for survivors under the shattered remains of a motorway bridge in Genoa as the death...

Three hurt in suspected terror attack outside UK Parliament 15 Aug 2018 - 04:36 am

London: A car swerved into passers-by then slammed into a barrier protecting Britain's Houses of Parliament in a suspected terror attack on Tuesday....

Genoa bridge collapse a disaster 'waiting to happen' 15 Aug 2018 - 03:52 am

Rome: Genoa's Morandi motorway bridge, a 200-metre (650-foot) portion of which collapsed on Tuesday killing dozens of people, has been riddled with structural...

UPDATE: Italian bridge collapse sends cars plunging, killing 26 15 Aug 2018 - 03:52 am

MILAN: A 51-year-old highway bridge in the Italian port city of Genoa collapsed in a driving rain Tuesday, killing at least 26 people...

30 dead in Italy motorway bridge collapse 'tragedy' 14 Aug 2018 - 08:45 pm

Genoa, Italy: About 30 people were killed on Tuesday when a giant motorway bridge collapsed in heavy rain in the Italian city of...

Car hits pedestrians at UK parliament in suspected terrorist attack 14 Aug 2018 - 08:45 pm

LONDON: A man deliberately drove a car into London pedestrians and cyclists on Tuesday before ramming it into barriers outside Britain's parliament in...

Malta lets rescue ship dock after EU states agree to take migrants 14 Aug 2018 - 05:16 pm

VALLETTA/MADRID: Five European Union countries agreed on Tuesday to take in 141 migrants on board the Mediterranean rescue ship Aquarius, prompting Malta to...