World / Europe

Italy quake zones fear tourism collapse as displaced total rises 03 Nov 2016 - 05:00 pm

Rome: The number of people living in temporary shelter due to a series of earthquakes in Italy has risen to 26,000, officials said...

Earthquake hits already battered central Italy, no casualties 03 Nov 2016 - 11:53 am

Rome: A strong earthquake hit the same area of central Italy on Thursday that has already been battered by a spate of recent...

Far rightists threaten asylum seekers in eastern German town 02 Nov 2016 - 10:05 pm

BERLIN: Suspected far-right extremists have threatened asylum seekers in the eastern German town of Bautzen, police said on Wednesday, adding to signs of...

Ukraine rebuilds navy, with US help, to counter Russian build-up in Crimea 02 Nov 2016 - 09:27 pm

KIEV: Ukraine is refitting and expanding its naval fleet, including repairing its flagship, the frigate “Hetman Sahaydachnyy”, to counter a Russian military build-up...

France’s Sarkozy steps up attacks on Juppe, lags in polls 02 Nov 2016 - 09:23 pm

PARIS: France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy and his camp on Wednesday stepped up attacks on his rival Alain Juppe and a centrist ally they...

Staff shut out of Moscow Amnesty office 02 Nov 2016 - 07:12 pm

Moscow: Amnesty International said Wednesday Russian authorities had shut them out of their office in Moscow, with city authorities citing rent arrears. The...

France moves Calais child migrants, says Britain to take hundreds more 02 Nov 2016 - 07:06 pm

CALAIS, France: France moved more than 1,600 child migrants from the site of a demolished camp to reception centres across the country on...

No more homework! Spanish parents go on strike 02 Nov 2016 - 04:25 pm

Madrid: Children have long complained about homework but parents in Spain are now joining in and have decided to go on strike against...

Dutch royals lay tributes for MH17 victims, war dead in Australia 02 Nov 2016 - 01:03 pm

CANBERRA: King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands laid sunflowers at a memorial in the Australian capital on Wednesday for victims of...

France relocates remaining 'Jungle' camp children 02 Nov 2016 - 12:54 pm

Calais, France: French authorities on Wednesday started moving out the remaining 1,500 unaccompanied children living next to the razed "Jungle" migrant camp in...

Louvre could house treasures from Iraq, Syria: Hollande 01 Nov 2016 - 07:12 pm

Lens, France: French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday said the Louvre could house threatened treasures from Iraq, Syria and other war-torn countries at...

Refugees languish in Greek limbo as alarm grows in Brussels 01 Nov 2016 - 06:19 pm

ATHENS: Seven months after the European Union and Turkey struck an agreement to turn back the tide of Syrians fleeing west, not a...

Awash with cash: Bulgaria seizes fake millions underwater 01 Nov 2016 - 06:08 pm

Sofia: Bulgarian authorities said Tuesday they had seized a record amount of over 13 million euros' ($14.4 million) worth of counterfeit notes, most...

Jailed anti-Putin activist says he is being tortured in prison 01 Nov 2016 - 05:40 pm

MOSCOW: A Russian opposition activist who became the first person to be jailed for repeatedly staging peaceful anti-Kremlin protests under a new law...

German ex-cop in cannibalism website killing back in dock 01 Nov 2016 - 05:29 pm

Berlin: A German ex-police officer convicted of murdering a willing victim he met on a website for cannibalism fetishists went on trial again...

Syrian woman, children found dead in Danish freezer 31 Oct 2016 - 02:04 pm

Copenhagen: Danish police said Monday they found the bodies of a slain Syrian refugee and her two young daughters in a freezer in...

Georgia ruling party scores landslide win in disputed polls 31 Oct 2016 - 08:31 am

Tbilisi: Georgia's ruling Georgian Dream party has scored a landslide win in disputed parliamentary polls, according to official results released on Monday, prompting...