World / Europe

Clash over Catalan vote heats up in Spain as police swoop in 21 Sep 2017 - 01:30 am

MADRID: Thousands of people supporting a contested referendum to split Catalonia from Spain took to Barcelona's streets amid an intensifying government crackdown on...

Barca defend Catalonia's right to hold referendum 20 Sep 2017 - 10:24 pm

Barcelona: Barcelona condemned a crackdown on Catalonia's right to self-determination after 13 regional government officials were detained on Wednesday as tensions rise ahead...

Holocaust-denying Belgian ex-MP ordered to visit Nazi camps 20 Sep 2017 - 09:12 pm

Brussels: A Belgian ex-MP convicted for Holocaust denial was ordered by a Brussels court on Wednesday to visit former Nazi concentration camps and...

Angry protests in Barcelona as Spain rounds up Catalan officials 20 Sep 2017 - 03:45 pm

Barcelona: Thousands took to the streets of Barcelona on Wednesday as Spanish police detained 13 Catalan government officials in a crackdown ahead of...

Hungary set for fresh anti-Soros blitz 19 Sep 2017 - 05:56 pm

Budapest: Hungary is set to launch another state "national consultation" about US financier and philanthropist George Soros, the government said Tuesday, six months...

Hurricane Maria batters Dominica as PM predicts dire outcome 19 Sep 2017 - 10:00 am

Pointe-à-Pitre: Hurricane Maria battered the Caribbean island of Dominica on Tuesday, with its prime minister predicting potentially grave losses and mass destruction as...

Greeks brace for more Merkel, and potential sway of liberal allies 19 Sep 2017 - 09:32 am

Athens: Germany's bone-hard stance on Europe's response to dealing with Greece's debt mountain has hardly endeared it to a nation labouring under the...

No-fly order grounds Kiwi MPs days before election 19 Sep 2017 - 08:59 am

Wellington: New Zealand MPs were issued a no-fly order Tuesday, just days before a general election, in a bid to minimise fallout from...

People smugglers test new migrant sea route through Romania 18 Sep 2017 - 07:23 pm

BUCHAREST: About 500 migrants from the Middle East reached Romania across the Black Sea from Turkey in about a month, coastguards said on...

EU warns Ryanair over cancelled flights row 18 Sep 2017 - 05:09 pm

Brussels: The EU on Monday warned Ryanair it must "fully comply" with rules on compensating passengers after the no-frills carrier suddenly announced it...

France warns on Iran, N. Korea ahead of UN assembly 18 Sep 2017 - 05:04 pm

United Nations, United States: France on Monday warned that salvaging the Iran nuclear deal was "essential" to prevent other countries from seeking nuclear...

At least eight people killed in Romania's storm 18 Sep 2017 - 09:50 am

Bucharest: Eight people were killed and scores more were reported injured after a powerful storm struck western Romania on Sunday afternoon. Trees were...

Tillerson meets Russia's Lavrov ahead of UN assembly 18 Sep 2017 - 09:39 am

New York: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met his Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in New York on Sunday ahead of...

Britain lowers threat level after second arrest over London attack 18 Sep 2017 - 09:25 am

London: Police stepped up their investigation Monday into the bombing of a packed London Underground train during rush hour after officers made a...

Giant sea snail plan to rescue Barrier Reef 18 Sep 2017 - 08:57 am

Sydney: A giant starfish-eating snail could be unleashed to help save the Great Barrier Reef, officials said Monday, with a trial underway to...

BA flight in Paris gets extra security checks after threat 17 Sep 2017 - 12:33 pm

PARIS: Police and firefighters checked a British Airways plane on the tarmac of Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport Sunday morning after reports of...

Another suspect arrested over London tube attack 17 Sep 2017 - 12:11 pm

ANKARA: London police Saturday arrested another suspect in connection with Friday’s underground bomb attack in London that injured 30 people, according to police....