World / Europe

Britain's Prince Charles steps up as Queen steps back 11 Nov 2017 - 11:09 am

London: On Remembrance Sunday, Prince Charles will lay Queen Elizabeth II's wreath honouring Britain's war dead as she watches on -- a rare...

Sacked Catalan parliament speaker is freed on bail 11 Nov 2017 - 09:53 am

Madrid: The sacked speaker of Catalonia's parliament left a prison near Madrid on Friday hours after supporters posted her bail of 150 000...

Italy's Ostia, Mafia-by-the-sea where silence is safe 11 Nov 2017 - 09:09 am

Ostia, Italy: The resort town of Ostia, on Italy's west coast, is a magnet for tourists in the summer but is also mafia...

Man deliberately rams car into students in southern France, three hurt 10 Nov 2017 - 08:31 pm

TOULOUSE: A man deliberately drove his car into a group of people outside a school near Toulouse in southern France on Friday, injuring...

Tensions over Muslim street prayers north of Paris 10 Nov 2017 - 07:28 pm

Clichy, France: Around 100 local French lawmakers attempted to block Muslims praying in a street north of Paris on Friday and called on...

Row in Greece over two-day leave for extremist assassin 09 Nov 2017 - 06:54 pm

Athens: A political row erupted in Greece on Thursday after a key far-left assassin implicated in deadly attacks on US, British, Turkish and...

German nurse may have killed over 100 patients: Prosecutors 09 Nov 2017 - 03:30 pm

BERLIN: A nurse who is already serving a life sentence for two murders may have killed more than 100 patients over several years...

Swiss drop inquiry against director Polanski 09 Nov 2017 - 12:09 pm

ZURICH, Swiss prosecutors have dropped an investigation of film director Roman Polanski after finding the statute of limitations did not allow pursuing allegations...

German bond yields edge up for first time in over a week 09 Nov 2017 - 11:31 am

LONDON, Germany’s 10-year bond yield edged up on Thursday for the first time in over a week, pulling back from two-month lows as...

Fire in Russian foreign spy building 08 Nov 2017 - 06:57 pm

Moscow, Nov 8, 2017 (AFP) - A fire broke out at the headquarters of the highly-secretive Russian Foreign Intelligence service (SVR) on the...

US tightens Cuba travel rules 08 Nov 2017 - 05:48 pm

Washington: Tighter restrictions on US travellers to Cuba will go into effect on Thursday, officials said, almost five months after President Donald Trump...

Ukraine cancels weapons agreement with Russia 08 Nov 2017 - 05:44 pm

KIEV, Ukraine: Ukraine's Cabinet on Wednesday adopted a decree canceling an agreement with Russia for the supply of weapons and military equipment. The...

Macedonian jailed in absentia for destroying wiretap files 08 Nov 2017 - 05:21 pm

Skopje: Macedonia sentenced a former counter-intelligence official in absentia on Wednesday to 1.5 years in jail for destroying thousands of files linked to...

Top prisoner rights activist quits Russia after raid 08 Nov 2017 - 02:51 pm

Moscow: The founder of a prominent NGO that campaigns for the rights of Russian prisoners and their relatives said Wednesday she had emigrated...

Activists block roads, trains in Catalonia strike 08 Nov 2017 - 12:14 pm

Barcelona: Protesters blocked roads, highways and train tracks in Catalonia on Wednesday as part of a region-wide strike called by a pro-independence union....

UK aid minister facing sack over undisclosed meetings with Israelis - Sun newspaper 08 Nov 2017 - 10:44 am

LONDON,Britain’s aid minister Priti Patel’s future was in doubt on Wednesday after the Sun newspaper reported she had held two further undisclosed meeting...

Al-Azhar's imam meets pope, vows to fight terrorism 07 Nov 2017 - 11:43 pm

Rome: The grand imam of Egypt's famed Al-Azhar institution Ahmed al-Tayeb, one of the Muslim world's leading religious authorities, on Tuesday met Pope...

Deposed Catalan leader slams EU for 'helping' Spanish PM 07 Nov 2017 - 11:05 pm

Brussels: Deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Tuesday slammed the European Union for backing what he termed Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's "coup...