World / Europe

London City Airport scraps Monday flights as WW II bomb found 12 Feb 2018 - 12:48 pm

London City Airport, an important hub for business travelers, canceled all flights on Monday after the discovery nearby of an unexploded World War...

Five star poster boy must convince Italy he won’t trash economy 12 Feb 2018 - 09:10 am

Luigi Di Maio sits straight as a board and glances down at his notes as he aims to convince some 400 business leaders...

Merkel defends painful coalition concessions, denies authority waning 11 Feb 2018 - 09:47 pm

BERLIN: Angela Merkel on Sunday defended "painful" concessions she has made to the Social Democrats (SPD) to win a fourth term as German...

Cured French nun named as 70th miracle in Lourdes 11 Feb 2018 - 09:35 pm

Lille, France: The case of a French nun who recovered from a decades-old back problem that prevented her from walking normally has been...

Mosque comes under attack in northern Netherlands 11 Feb 2018 - 06:57 pm

DRACHTEN, Netherlands: A mosque in northern Drachten town has come under an arson attack, according to the manager of Islamic Center Drachten Foundation...

Two bodies found at Russian plane crash site 11 Feb 2018 - 06:28 pm

MOSCOW: Two bodies have been found at the site of a Russian plane crash on Sunday, an official at the Russian Emergency Situations...

71 feared dead in Saratov Airlines plane crash outside Moscow 11 Feb 2018 - 05:35 pm

Moscow: A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed outside Moscow on Sunday after taking off from the capital's Domodedovo airport, killing everyone...

Saratov Airlines crashes outside Moscow carrying 71 people 11 Feb 2018 - 03:52 pm

Moscow: A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed outside Moscow on Sunday after taking off from the capital's Domodedovo airport, Russian media...

Saratov Airlines plane crashes near Moscow, 71 people feared dead 11 Feb 2018 - 03:28 pm

MOSCOW: A plane operated by Saratov Airlines crashed in the Moscow region on Sunday, likely killing all 71 people on board, Russian news...

Invest in migrants to avert 'nuclear bomb' of unrest in Europe 11 Feb 2018 - 02:29 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: After decades of spending on infrastructure to develop poorer parts of Europe, the European Union must invest in migrants to avert...

French mum, ex-partner get 20 years for 5-year-old's murder 11 Feb 2018 - 11:27 am

Le Puy-en-Velay, France, A French appeal court on Sunday sentenced a mother and her ex-partner to 20 years for the brutal murder of...

Five killed, including gunman, in shooting spree in Kentucky - police 11 Feb 2018 - 10:27 am

Five people, including a suspected gunman who apparently took his own life, were killed in a shooting spree at two locations in northeast...

British PM May to set out 'Road to Brexit' in speech -BBC 11 Feb 2018 - 09:53 am

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May will make a speech on Brexit in the next three weeks, one of several planned addresses by...

Anti-fascist protesters rally in flashpoint Italian town 10 Feb 2018 - 08:34 pm

Macerata, Italy: Thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators rallied in the central Italian town of Macerata on Saturday a week after a far-right gunmen shot...

McDonald succeeds Gerry Adams as Sinn Fein president 10 Feb 2018 - 07:43 pm

DUBLIN: Mary Lou McDonald was confirmed as the new president of Sinn Fein on Saturday, taking over from Gerry Adams in a handover...

Ryanair strike causes minor disruption in Italy 10 Feb 2018 - 04:22 pm

Rome: Work stoppages in Italy by Ryanair employees and air traffic controllers caused minimal disruption on Saturday. Ryanair workers -- not including pilots...

Ahead of Polish PM's visit, Merkel moots 'new chapter' in ties 10 Feb 2018 - 02:59 pm

Frankfurt am Main: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday mooted a "new chapter" in relations with Poland, strained by Warsaw's rejection of the...