World / Europe

Belfast bomb 'intended to kill officers', police say 24 Apr 2017 - 11:59 am

LONDON: A bomb discovered on Saturday night near a school in Belfast was intended to kill police officers, according to a senior officer....

OSCE patrol vehicle hits mine in Ukraine, one dead 24 Apr 2017 - 11:52 am

KIEV: One member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was killed and two others wounded when their vehicle struck...

Insight: Can he close the deal? Inside Macron's daring run for the Elysee 24 Apr 2017 - 09:37 am

PARIS: On Christmas Eve 2015, with France reeling from terror attacks in Paris a month before, Emmanuel Macron sent a letter to the...

France's Macron appears set for Elysee in runoff with Le Pen 24 Apr 2017 - 09:12 am

PARIS/HENIN-BEAUMONT, France: Centrist Emmanuel Macron took a big step towards the French presidency on Sunday by winning the first round of voting and...

Centrist Emmanuel Macron vs. far-right Marine Le Pen in fight to lead France 24 Apr 2017 - 02:45 am

PARIS: Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right populist Marine Le Pen advanced Sunday to a runoff in France's presidential election, remaking the country's political...

High stakes in French presidential election 23 Apr 2017 - 07:21 pm

Paris: French voters flocked to the polls Sunday in the first round of a cliffhanger presidential election seen as vital for the future...

France votes in election nailbiter 23 Apr 2017 - 09:43 am

Paris: France began voting Sunday under heavy security in the first round of the most unpredictable presidential election in decades, with the outcome...

Police arrest man with knife at Paris train station 22 Apr 2017 - 07:08 pm

PARIS: A knife-wielding man threatened police at Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Saturday, causing panic before he was arrested, a...

Overseas voters kick off crucial French presidential election 22 Apr 2017 - 04:19 pm

PARIS/PAPEETE, French Polynesia: French overseas territories and residents in some U.S. states such as Hawaii began voting on Saturday in the French presidential ...

British PM May refuses to rule out personal tax hikes after election 22 Apr 2017 - 03:44 pm

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May refused on Saturday to rule out an increase in personal taxes if she wins a June 8...

Thousands of ex-Taliban fighters may have entered Germany 22 Apr 2017 - 02:32 pm

BERLIN: Thousands of former Taliban fighters may have entered Germany over the past two years among an influx of more than a million...

Greece returns 60 migrants to Turkey under EU deal 22 Apr 2017 - 10:35 am

ATHENS: Greek authorities sent back 60 people to Turkey under an Ankara-EU deal, Athens’s Public Security Ministry said on Friday. The ministry said...

EU angry over Russian ban on religious group 22 Apr 2017 - 10:29 am

ANKARA: The European Union on Friday condemned a Russian court for its recent banning of activities by the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious group. On...

Germany: Borussia Dortmund bombing suspect arrested 22 Apr 2017 - 10:22 am

BERLIN: German police have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of last week’s bomb attack on Borussia Dortmund football club’s team bus. The...

Paris: One policeman shot dead at Champs-Elysees 22 Apr 2017 - 09:58 am

PARIS: One police officer was killed and two seriously injured Thursday evening after a gunman opened fire at a police patrol in the...

Islamic State claims deadly attack on FSB office in Russia 22 Apr 2017 - 09:54 am

Washington: The Islamic State jihadist group has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack Friday on an office of Russia's main domestic intelligence agency,...

In or out? EU is hot-button issue in French vote 22 Apr 2017 - 09:40 am

Paris: Such is Marine Le Pen's aversion to the European Union that the French far-right leader demanded the removal of its star-spangled flag...

Police say arrested German-Russian’s greed not Muslim terror that bombed Dortmund team bus 21 Apr 2017 - 07:14 pm

Berlin: Police commandos Friday arrested a German-Russian man suspected of carrying out a bomb attack on Borussia Dortmund's team bus, prosecutors said, charging...