World / Europe

Russia blocks final document at nuclear treaty conference 27 Aug 2022 - 10:19 am

UNITED NATIONS: Russia late on Friday blocked agreement on the final document of a four-week review of the UN treaty considered the cornerstone...

Poland and South Korea seal $5.8 billion military deal 26 Aug 2022 - 09:46 pm

MORAG:Poland sealed a deal with South Korea on Friday to purchase $5.8 billion worth of tanks, howitzers and ammunition as the European country...

Strike by waste workers in Scotland fills streets with garbage 26 Aug 2022 - 07:43 pm

LONDON: A strike by Scottish refuse workers over pay is spreading to more cities, with garbage from unattended bins overflowing onto Edinburgh's high...

Royal Mail sees four-day delivery delay as 115,000 staff strike 26 Aug 2022 - 05:36 pm

Royal Mail Plc said letters and parcels due for delivery on Friday may not arrive until Tuesday as 115,000 postal workers strike in...

Alarm bells ring for UK housing as signs point to falling prices 26 Aug 2022 - 03:19 pm

The end of cheap money. Soaring energy prices and crippling inflation. A recession on the horizon. For the UK housing market, that toxic...

Britain approves Novavax COVID shot for 12-17 year-olds 26 Aug 2022 - 02:02 pm

Britain's medicines regulator on Friday approved Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged between 12 and 17 years. The mRNA vaccines made by Moderna...

Funds from electricity levy could help German households, says renewables association 26 Aug 2022 - 01:48 pm

BERLIN: A multi-billion-euro account fed by a now-suspended surcharge on electricity prices could be used to provide German households facing high energy bills...

Prince Harry hopes Diana death anniversary will be 'filled with memories' 26 Aug 2022 - 12:45 pm

LONDON: Britain's Prince Harry said he wished his children could have met his mother Princess Diana and hoped the 25th anniversary of her...

British energy price cap to rise 80% to 3,549 pounds a year 26 Aug 2022 - 10:27 am

LONDON: British energy bills will rise 80% to an average of 3,549 pounds ($4,188) a year from October, regulator Ofgem said on Friday,...

Dutch railway workers go on strike for higher pay over soaring costs 26 Aug 2022 - 09:52 am

AMSTERDAM: Dutch railway workers have gone on strike on Friday in the western part of the country, the most populated one, as they...

US, EU envoys meet with Serbian president on Kosovo 25 Aug 2022 - 10:59 pm

BELGRADE: US and European Union envoys met with Serbia's president on Thursday as they pressed ahead with efforts to defuse Serbian tensions with...

Kyiv renames nearly 100 streets to shed Russian past 25 Aug 2022 - 10:27 pm

KYIV: Ukraine's capital renamed 95 streets on Thursday as part of a drive to purge Russian and Soviet place names, Kyiv's mayor announced...

Ukrainian nuclear plant temporarily cut off from power grid 25 Aug 2022 - 08:26 pm

NIKOPOL: The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the middle of the fighting in Ukraine was temporarily cut off from the electrical grid on...

France's Macron heads to Algeria in bid to heal wounds 25 Aug 2022 - 07:41 pm

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Algeria on Thursday for a three-day official visit aimed at addressing two major challenges: boosting future...

Putin orders Russia to recruit 137,000 more troops as war drags 25 Aug 2022 - 06:57 pm

President Vladimir Putin ordered his army to boost its troop total by 137,000 to 1.15 million, the highest level in more than a...

Spanish parliament upholds energy-saving decree 25 Aug 2022 - 06:48 pm

MADRID:Spain's parliament approved the minority government's energy-saving decree on Thursday, ratifying a set of unpopular measures in force since August 10 that the...