World / Europe

EU reaches out to Balkans, under Trump's shadow 17 May 2018 - 08:55 am

Sofia, European Union leaders will meet their Balkan counterparts Thursday to hold out the promise of closer links to counter Russian influence, while...

Pope warns bloodshed in Gaza hurts peace: 'War begets war' 16 May 2018 - 06:14 pm

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis warned Wednesday that the latest spasm of violence in the Holy Land is only hurting chances for peace, and...

Merkel, Putin revive dialogue after Trump scraps Iran deal 16 May 2018 - 02:47 pm

Berlin: Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday to discuss the explosive global issues of Iran, Syria and Ukraine...

Russia lifts World Cup ban on German journalist: Berlin 15 May 2018 - 03:56 pm

Berlin: Russia has granted a football World Cup visa to the German journalist banned after he broke the story on Russia's state-sponsored doping...

Putin drives truck across new bridge linking Crimea to Russia 15 May 2018 - 03:08 pm

Kerch: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday drove a truck across a new bridge linking mainland Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea. Russian state television...

German football stars under fire for posing with Turkey's Erdogan 15 May 2018 - 01:08 pm

BERLIN: Germany's DFB football federation and several German politicians have criticised two top national soccer players for posing for a photo with Turkish...

Ukraine raids Kiev offices of Russian state media 15 May 2018 - 01:03 pm

Kiev: Ukraine's state security service searched the Kiev offices of Russia's state-run RIA Novosti news agency and TV channel RT on Tuesday, after...

Belgian comic book artist William Vance dies: publisher 15 May 2018 - 12:16 pm

Brussels: Belgian comic book artist William Vance, whose action adventure series XIII was popular in the French-speaking world, died late Monday, his publisher...

Meghan Markle's father not attending royal wedding: report 15 May 2018 - 08:16 am

London, Meghan Markle's father will not attend her wedding to Prince Harry this weekend, US media reported Monday, as Kensington Palace pleaded for...

WHO calls for trans fats to be eliminated within five years 14 May 2018 - 01:45 pm

Geneva: The world could eliminate industrially-produced trans fats by 2023, the World Health Organization said on Monday, unveiling a plan that it said...

'Flagrant' Kremlin breaches international rules: UK intel chief 14 May 2018 - 12:08 pm

London: Russia is committing "flagrant breaches of international rules", the head of Britain's security service will claim Monday in which he will also...

Catalan secessionists poised to elect new regional leader in second vote 13 May 2018 - 05:22 pm

BARCELONA: A small Catalan separatist party said on Sunday it would abstain in a second vote to elect a regional leader paving the...

Paris attack latest linked to Russian Caucasus 13 May 2018 - 03:45 pm

Moscow: A knife attack in Paris that killed one man on Saturday, carried out by a French citizen born in Chechnya, is the...

Paris knife attacker was Russian born in 1997 in Chechnya - source 13 May 2018 - 09:20 am

Paris: The assailant who killed a 29-year-old man in a central Paris knife attack on Saturday night was born in 1997 in the...

Terror probe launched after deadly Paris knife attack 13 May 2018 - 07:52 am

Paris: A knifeman shouting "Allahu akbar" was shot dead by police in central Paris late Saturday after he killed one person and injured...

UN nuclear watchdog's top inspector resigns 12 May 2018 - 05:16 pm

VIENNA: The UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief inspector resigned on Saturday, the agency said, days after the U.S. pulled out of...

Germany urges FIFA to ensure doping expert gets Russia visa 12 May 2018 - 04:59 pm

BERLIN: German officials are calling on the global soccer federation FIFA to intervene after a journalist who exposed systematic doping in Russian athletics...

Merkel blasts breaches of Ukraine truce 12 May 2018 - 04:52 pm

Assisi, Italy: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday said she was deeply concerned by repeated breaches of a ceasefire between government forces and...