World / Europe

Russia registers first case of monkeypox 12 Jul 2022 - 03:06 pm

MOSCOW: Russia registered its first case of monkeypox, consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said on Tuesday. The watchdog said in a statement that the...

London's Heathrow airport caps departing passengers at 100,000 a day 12 Jul 2022 - 02:12 pm

LONDON: London's Heathrow said it would cap the number of departing passengers at 100,000 a day this summer to try to limit traveller...

7 People killed, more than 60 injured in Ukrainian bombing of a Russian-Controlled city 12 Jul 2022 - 12:46 pm

Moscow:At least seven people have been killed and more than 60 injured in an attack by Ukrainian armed forces in the Russian-held town...

Putin expands fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians 11 Jul 2022 - 08:03 pm

KHARKIV: As Russian missiles struck a key Ukrainian city, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday expanding a fast-track procedure of...

Germany, Czech Republic pledge solidarity as Russian gas flows stop 11 Jul 2022 - 07:51 pm

BERLIN: Germany and the Czech Republic on Monday signed a joint declaration, pledging to overcome Russian fossil fuel dependency and to accelerate the...

UK's Javid sets out tax-cutting plan in pitch to be next prime minister 11 Jul 2022 - 07:03 pm

LONDON: Sajid Javid, a contender to replace Boris Johnson as Britain's prime minister, said on Monday he would cut a slew of taxes...

No fries till autumn at some of McDonald's Russian successor restaurants 11 Jul 2022 - 06:22 pm

MOSCOW: Excitement was on the menu when former McDonald's restaurants reopened in Russia last month under new management and branding, but the successor...

Spain's running of the bulls: 3 people gored 11 Jul 2022 - 04:46 pm

Pamplona: A tense fifth bull run at Pamplona’s San Fermín Festival on Monday left three people gored, including one American, and three others...

EU recommends second COVID booster for over-60s 11 Jul 2022 - 12:30 pm

BRUSSELS/LONDON: European Union health agencies on Monday recommended a second COVID-19 booster for everyone above 60 amid a new rise in infections and...

Death toll from Russian rocket attack on apartment block rises to 18 -Ukraine 11 Jul 2022 - 10:19 am

KYIV: The death toll from a Russian rocket attack that hit an apartment block in eastern Ukraine over the weekend rose to 18...

Gas pipeline shutdown starts amid German suspicion of Russia 11 Jul 2022 - 09:44 am

BERLIN:A major gas pipeline from Russia to Germany was shutting down for annual maintenance on Monday amid German concern that Russia may not...

Heathrow apologises for poor service, could ask for more flights cuts 11 Jul 2022 - 09:28 am

LONDON: London's Heathrow Airport apologised for unacceptable service in recent weeks, with long queues, delays for those with reduced mobility and baggage issues,...

Spain swelters as temperatures reach 43C in second heatwave 10 Jul 2022 - 08:55 pm

MADRID: Spaniards stayed in the shade in parks, headed for the beach or sipped iced drinks to tackle stifling temperatures as high as...

Russian rocket attack kills 15 in Ukraine; others trapped 10 Jul 2022 - 07:36 pm

CHASIV YAR, Ukraine: Dozens of Ukrainian emergency workers labored Sunday to pull people out of the rubble after a Russian rocket attack smashed...

10 dead in rocket attack on apartment building in eastern Ukraine 10 Jul 2022 - 01:13 pm

KYIV, Ukraine:Russian rockets hit the eastern Ukraine town of Chasiv Yar, destroying a five-story apartment building and killing at least 10 people, officials...

Candidates to replace UK PM Johnson jostle in packed race 10 Jul 2022 - 12:38 pm

LONDON: The contest to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathered pace on Sunday as five more candidates declared their intention to run,...

Rocket attack collapses apartment block in Ukraine's Donbas, killing six 10 Jul 2022 - 09:53 am

KYIV: At least six people have been killed and more than 30 are feared trapped after Russian Uragan rockets hit a five-storey apartment...

Zelenskiy sacks Ukraine's envoy to Germany, other ambassadors 09 Jul 2022 - 10:08 pm

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday dismissed several of Kyiv's senior envoys abroad including the country's outspoken ambassador to Germany, the presidential...