World / Europe

Mystery as five die in French plane crash on Malta 24 Oct 2016 - 09:01 pm

Valletta: An unmarked reconnaissance plane working for France's defence ministry crashed at Malta's international airport Monday, killing all five people on board and...

The $900,000 question behind Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize 24 Oct 2016 - 08:25 pm

STOCKHOLM: Many writers might give their right arm to be paid almost $1 million to deliver a lecture. But Bob Dylan’s silence since...

EU, Canada believe trade summit 'still possible': Tusk 24 Oct 2016 - 08:21 pm

Brussels: EU president Donald Tusk said he and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau believe a summit on a landmark EU-Canada trade accord can...

May denies Britain heading for 'hard Brexit' 24 Oct 2016 - 08:08 pm

London: Prime Minister Theresa May denied Monday that Britain was heading for a "hard Brexit" and insisted her hopes for immigration control were...

Migrants stream out of Calais Jungle before demolition 24 Oct 2016 - 03:14 pm

Calais, France: Migrants lugging their meagre belongings boarded buses Monday taking them from the Calais "Jungle" under a French plan to raze the...

Five dead as French reconnaissance plane crashes in Malta 24 Oct 2016 - 02:46 pm

Valletta: A reconnaissance plane working for France's defence ministry crashed in a ball of flames at Malta's international airport on Monday, killing all...

Shark bites leg of Australian surfer 24 Oct 2016 - 01:09 pm

SYDNEY: An Australian surfer was bitten in the leg by a shark on Monday, the third attack off the beaches of New South...

Plane thought to be carrying EU border officials crashes in Malta, five dead 24 Oct 2016 - 10:16 am

VALLETTA: A light aircraft believed to be carrying officials from EU border agency Frontex crashed shortly after take-off from Malta on Monday, killing...

D-Day for Calais 'Jungle' camp clearance 24 Oct 2016 - 08:43 am

Calais, France: French authorities are set to begin Monday moving thousands of people out of the notorious Calais Jungle before demolishing the camp...

Two suspected 'terrorists' killed in Russian city: reports 23 Oct 2016 - 09:38 pm

Moscow: Russian security forces shot dead two suspected "terrorists" during a security operation in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russian news agencies reported...

Fate of child migrants uncertain before France demolishes Jungle camp 23 Oct 2016 - 09:26 pm

CALAIS, France: Aid workers accused France and Britain on Sunday of failing more than 1,300 unaccompanied child migrants whose future remained uncertain just...

Belgium to keep record as Spain nears government 23 Oct 2016 - 09:20 pm

Paris: As the political crisis in Spain dragged on, there had been speculation it might overtake Belgium's record for the longest spell without...

Rescue crew's tough call: sail away to keep other migrants safe 23 Oct 2016 - 08:44 pm

A bord du Siem Pilot: Pal Erik Teigen had to make a tough call Saturday: sail a rescue ship away from desperate migrants...

Clock ticking as Spain races to avoid third elections 23 Oct 2016 - 08:40 pm

Madrid: Spain's Socialists voted Sunday to allow the conservatives to take power, likely averting a third election for Spaniards tired of going to...

Faded royals hold rare Serbian wedding 23 Oct 2016 - 07:23 pm

Oplenac, Serbia: At the wedding of his grandfather, King Aleksandar I of Yugoslavia, nearly a century ago, more than 100,000 people thronged Belgrade's...

Hungary’s Orban rejects “Sovietisation” by Brussels, defends nation state 23 Oct 2016 - 07:16 pm

BUDAPEST: At a commemoration of a 1956 anti-Communist uprising, Hungary’s right-wing leader Viktor Orban said his country must stand up to Europe’s “Sovietisation”...

Jungle migrants urged to 'give up British dream' 23 Oct 2016 - 06:43 pm

Calais, France: On the eve of the demolition of the Calais "Jungle" camp, French officials on Sunday handed out flyers in several languages...

Spain political impasse nears end as Socialists lift veto 23 Oct 2016 - 05:07 pm

Madrid: Spain's embattled Socialists on Sunday voted to lift a long-standing veto that has prevented the conservatives from forming a minority government, in...