World / Europe

Gorbachev says world at 'dangerous' point as US-Russia tensions soar 10 Oct 2016 - 11:47 am

Moscow: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned on Monday that the world had reached a "dangerous point" as tensions between Russia and the...

Police issue warning as creepy clown craze comes to Britain 10 Oct 2016 - 10:27 am

LONDON: British police have issued warnings after a spate of creepy clown sightings across thecountry, mimicking a prank that began in the United...

German police capture man suspected of planning bomb attack 10 Oct 2016 - 10:09 am

BERLIN: German police said on Monday they had captured a man suspected of planning a bomb attack who had slipped through their grasp...

Last survivor of Greece's 1967-74 military junta dies at 103 09 Oct 2016 - 04:52 pm

ATHENS: The last survivor from the right-wing junta that staged Greece's 1967 military coup and ruled for seven years has died at the...

UK police seek help on 'racially motivated' attack on Muslim 09 Oct 2016 - 02:13 pm

LONDON: London police are asking for help finding two men who pulled off the headscarf of a Muslim woman in what is being...

Danish paper to defy court ban and publish book on ex-spy chief 09 Oct 2016 - 02:07 pm

Copenhagen: A Danish newspaper said Sunday it will defy a court ban and publish excerpts of a book about the country's former intelligence...

German police hunt Syrian suspected of attack plot 08 Oct 2016 - 04:22 pm

Berlin: German police named a 22-year-old Syrian on Saturday as the target of a manhunt in the eastern town of Chemnitz over a...

After six-month lull, Greek islanders fear new refugee wave 08 Oct 2016 - 10:42 am

Lesbos, Greece: A little let-down after missing out on the Nobel Peace Prize this week, the Greek islanders of Lesbos who helped rescue...

Post Hungary vote, migrants in Serbia nurse slim hopes 08 Oct 2016 - 10:33 am

BELGRADE, Serbia: While world leaders continue to negotiate and hold meeting after meeting on how to handle the international migrant crisis, more and...

British UKIP politician Woolfe has bleeding on the brain - party colleague 06 Oct 2016 - 04:00 pm

LONDON: Steven Woolfe, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Britain's UKIP party, is suffering from bleeding on the brain following an...

Montenegro in election tug-of-war between Russia and the West 06 Oct 2016 - 02:38 pm

PODGORICA: Alexander Khrgian quit Moscow for Montenegro in 2008 and immediately felt at home, setting up a law firm that helps the tiny...

Poland's parliament rejects plans for near-total abortion ban 06 Oct 2016 - 12:20 pm

WARSAW: Polish lawmakers withdrew draft legislation on Thursday that would introduce a near-total ban on abortion, in a hastily arranged vote that marks...

Moscow is bankrolling Ukraine rebels: ex-separatist official 06 Oct 2016 - 09:04 am

MOSCOW: A former senior official from breakaway eastern Ukraine said Russia directly finances pensions and public sector salaries in the two pro-Russian regions...

Irish Data Protection Commissioner examining Yahoo email scanning report 05 Oct 2016 - 05:17 pm

DUBLIN: Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner is examining a report that Yahoo Inc scanned emails for U.S. intelligence officials and said it would view...

New images capture Med's never-ending migrant tragedy 05 Oct 2016 - 02:59 pm

ABOARD THE ASTRAL, Italy: The stomach-churning horror, raw terror and delirious joy experienced during life-or-death rescues of crammed migrant boats have been captured...

At least 32 migrants dead off Libya: coastguard 05 Oct 2016 - 02:42 pm

Aboard the Astral, Italy: At least 32 Europe-bound migrants were found dead on a day of frantic rescues off Libya on Tuesday, an...

UK government to make a decision on new runway "shortly" 05 Oct 2016 - 02:29 pm

BIRMINGHAM, England: British Prime Minister Theresa May said the British government would soon make a decision on where to build extra airport capacity...

$British Prime Minister Theresa delivers a keynote address on the final day of the annual Conservative Party conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, central England, on October 5, 2016. / AFP / PAUL ELLIS\$

May faces Brexit backlash as UKIP loses new leader 05 Oct 2016 - 01:29 pm

Birmingham, United Kingdom: Prime Minister Theresa May will give a speech to close her party's conference Wednesday against a backdrop of currency turmoil...