World / Europe

Prince Charles visits earthquake-hit Italian town 02 Apr 2017 - 05:05 pm

AMATRICE: Britain's Prince Charles paid a visit on Sunday to one of the towns in central Italy devastated by a major earthquake last...

Putin, friend or foe? Russia looms over French election 02 Apr 2017 - 04:57 pm

Paris: Russia looms large over France's presidential election, with candidates on the hard left, right and far right all promising to improve ties...

Moscow police detains up to 30 anti-corruption protesters 02 Apr 2017 - 04:19 pm

MOSCOW: Police in Moscow detained more than 20 anti-corruption protesters who took to the streets on Sunday in a follow-up of last week's...

UK leader tries to reassure Gibraltar in Brexit process 02 Apr 2017 - 03:41 pm

LONDON: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has offered reassurances to Gibraltar that the UK remains steadfastly committed to the overseas territory amid concerns...

Colombia landslide death toll rises to 234: Red Cross 02 Apr 2017 - 03:03 pm

Bogota: The toll has risen to 234 dead in a violent landslide in Colombia caused by the overflowing of three rivers swollen by...

200 dead in Colombia after rivers overflow 02 Apr 2017 - 02:27 pm

BOGOTA, Colombia: At least 200 people lost their lives after three rivers in southern Colombia burst their banks early Saturday, creating an avalanche...

Chechnya approves law allowing hijab in schools 02 Apr 2017 - 01:23 pm

MOSCOW: The Chechen parliament has approved a law allowing children to wear religious symbols, including the hijab in schools. The change is expected...

Armenians vote in Landmark elections 02 Apr 2017 - 12:51 pm

Moscow: Armenians started voting in landmark parliamentary elections on Sunday for the first time since the adoption of constitutional reforms aimed at transforming...

Three dead in northern Sweden bus accident - TT agency 02 Apr 2017 - 12:35 pm

STOCKHOLM: Three people were killed when a bus carrying around 50 school children and a few adults rolled over on a road in...

'Gibraltar not for sale': Britain's Johnson 02 Apr 2017 - 10:09 am

London: British foreign minister Boris Johnson on Sunday stressed that Gibraltar "will not be bargained away" during Brexit negotiations after the EU said...

Serbia PM bids for presidency, opposition fears one-man rule 02 Apr 2017 - 08:39 am

Belgrade: Serbians went to the polls Sunday to elect a new president, with strongman Aleksandar Vucic hoping to tighten his grip on power...

Unexploded WW2 bomb found near Boat Race course 01 Apr 2017 - 08:50 pm

London: An unexploded Second World War bomb has been found in London's River Thames near the start of Sunday's Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race, police...

UK, US defense secretaries meet in London 01 Apr 2017 - 11:42 am

LONDON: British Defense Secretary Sir Michael Fallon welcomed his U.S. counterpart James Mattis in London in his first visit to the country on...

Ex-Bosnian Serb commander jailed over Srebrenica deaths 01 Apr 2017 - 11:37 am

BELGRADE, Serbia: A former high-ranking Bosnian Serb soldier was sentenced on Friday to 11 years in prison for his part in the 1995...

Canada extends mission against ISIS to June 01 Apr 2017 - 11:03 am

Ottawa: Canada will extend its training mission within the international alliance against the ISIS organization in Iraq and Syria by three months. Canadian...

Brazil court to decide whether presidential vote was valid 01 Apr 2017 - 10:52 am

Brasília: Brazilian President Michel Temer already has a world of trouble to deal with and next week a court could in theory annul...

Soros-backed university is 'cheating': Hungary PM 01 Apr 2017 - 08:49 am

Budapest: Hungary's combative Prime Minister Viktor Orban deepened his row with George Soros on Friday, saying a prestigious Budapest university founded by the...

Germany balks at Tillerson call for more European NATO spending 01 Apr 2017 - 08:49 am

BRUSSELS: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reassured his nervous European counterparts over Washington’s commitment to NATO on Friday and pressed them again...