World / Europe

Flames ravage Greek seaside as wildfires kill 74 24 Jul 2018 - 06:16 pm

Athens: Raging wildfires killed 74 people including small children in Greece, devouring homes and forests as terrified residents fled to the sea to...

Wildfire kills at least 50 near Athens, families flee to beaches 24 Jul 2018 - 11:36 am

MATI, Greece: A wildfire killed at least 50 people and injured scores more as it swept through a small resort town near Athens,...

Lawmakers urge reform in Northern Ireland as more women seek abortions abroad 23 Jul 2018 - 09:24 pm

LONDON: British and Irish parliamentarians have called for "urgent" reform to Northern Ireland's highly restrictive abortion law after a surge in the number...

Thousands of British families homeless despite being in work 23 Jul 2018 - 09:24 pm

LONDON: More than half of homeless families in Britain now have at least one adult in work after a sharp rise in the...

Russia detains six prison guards after video circulates showing torture of inmate 23 Jul 2018 - 08:10 pm

MOSCOW: Russian authorities detained six prison guards on Monday after a video circulated online that shows at least 10 guards torturing and beating...

Britain on heatwave alert as rare hot spell continues 23 Jul 2018 - 07:30 pm

LONDON: Britain is experiencing a severe heatwave which has prompted its national weather service to issue an alert for people to 'stay out...

Greek residents told "just leave" as wildfire rages near Athens 23 Jul 2018 - 07:20 pm

Kineta: Greek authorities urged residents of a coastal region west of Athens to abandon their homes as a massive wildfire raged uncontrolled on...

Sweden faces 'extreme' fire risk in coming days 23 Jul 2018 - 07:09 pm

Stockholm: Sweden warned Monday of an "extreme" risk of fresh forest fires as much of Scandinavia baked in a heatwave and dozens of...

Britain's new foreign minister Hunt warns of no-deal Brexit risk 23 Jul 2018 - 12:59 pm

BERLIN: Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Monday there was a risk of Britain crashing out of the European Union without a...

Spanish ship returns home after dramatic migrant rescue 21 Jul 2018 - 07:35 pm

Palma, Spain: Two vessels of a Spanish NGO involved in rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean arrived in the Spanish port of Palma on...

Spain's conservatives swing to the right with new leader 21 Jul 2018 - 07:24 pm

MADRID: Spain's conservatives shifted to the right on Saturday, electing a traditionalist as leader as they seek to re-establish a clear political identity...

German prosecutors charge bus attacker with attempted murder 21 Jul 2018 - 03:00 pm

BERLIN: German prosecutors are charging a 34-year-old man who attacked passengers on a crowded city bus with a knife in the northern town...

Man arrested after knife attack on German bus 20 Jul 2018 - 05:38 pm

BERLIN: A man armed with a knife attacked people on a bus in the northern German city of Luebeck on Friday, wounding at...

Macron to fire bodyguard caught on camera beating protester - Elysee 20 Jul 2018 - 11:55 am

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to fire the bodyguard who was caught on camera hitting a May Day protester after "new...

Putin warns NATO against closer ties with Ukraine and Georgia 19 Jul 2018 - 07:15 pm

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned NATO against cultivating closer ties with Ukraine and Georgia, saying such a policy was irresponsible...

Belgian airspace closed over technical glitch 19 Jul 2018 - 06:43 pm

BERLIN: Air travellers are facing disruption on Thursday after flight space over Belgium was closed due to a problem with a flight data...

US host spars with French envoy over 'African-ness' of World Cup champs 19 Jul 2018 - 02:43 pm

Washington: The host of America's late-night TV program "The Daily Show" has drawn the ire of France's ambassador to the US after joking...

EU is making retaliation list for possible US car tariffs: Malmstrom 19 Jul 2018 - 12:18 pm

BRUSSELS: The European Union is preparing a list of counter-measures to potential U.S. tariffs on European cars, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said...