World / Europe

Uber facing ban in Geneva: authorities 01 Nov 2019 - 10:57 pm

Geneva: The Swiss canton of Geneva said Friday it had classified ride-hailing giant Uber as an employer, ordering a halt to its activities...

Police question Cyprus 'leg up driver' 01 Nov 2019 - 07:58 pm

Nicosia: A motorist in Cyprus steering a car with his legs is to be questioned for possible driving offences, police said Friday, after...

Anger erupts in Spain as five men acquitted of gang-raping teenager 01 Nov 2019 - 07:58 pm

BARCELONA: Women's rights campaigners in Spain called for a change in the law on Friday after a court in Barcelona cleared five men...

Vatican, Jews criticise Italy's right for snubbing anti-Semitism committee 31 Oct 2019 - 09:08 pm

ROME: The Roman Catholic Church and Rome's Jewish community expressed dismay on Thursday after rightist parties refused to back the creation of a...

British Airways owner suffers from pilot strike 31 Oct 2019 - 11:07 am

British Airways owner IAG SA reported a drop in third-quarter earnings after the U.K. carrier’s first pilot strike since 1979 disrupted flights and...

UK election campaign begins with Corbyn attack on "rigged system" 31 Oct 2019 - 11:01 am

LONDON, Britain's opposition Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, kicks off his election campaign on Thursday with a vow to take on Britain's "rigged...

UK truck deaths reignite calls to tackle nail bar slavery 30 Oct 2019 - 11:35 pm

LONDON: The deaths of 39 migrants found in a refrigerated truck in Britain has reignited calls for efforts to tackle slavery in the...

UK election may spur new political crisis 30 Oct 2019 - 08:26 pm

LONDON: Britain is set to go to the polls for an early general election on Dec. 12 as Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally...

Prosecutors probe mental health of Frenchman, 84, who attacked mosque 30 Oct 2019 - 07:01 pm

Bayonne, France: An 84-year-old man accused of wounding two men in a shooting at a mosque in southern France wanted to avenge the...

Muslim headscarf debate divides France, in climate of hate 30 Oct 2019 - 07:01 pm

PARIS: When a French official disrupted a regional council meeting to demand that a Muslim woman accompanying a group of schoolchildren be ordered...

Teens defend Monty Python 'silly walk' at Greek anti-fascism parade 30 Oct 2019 - 07:01 pm

Athens: A Monty Python-inspired "silly walk" during Greece's solemn remembrance of anti-fascist resistance in World War II has sparked anger, with the teens...

Polish zoo to take in tigers stranded on 'nightmare' trip 30 Oct 2019 - 06:19 pm

Warsaw: A Polish zoo said Wednesday it would take in nine tigers left stranded at the border with Belarus on a gruelling journey...

Combustible cladding on London's Grenfell Tower key to deadly fire - inquiry 30 Oct 2019 - 02:44 pm

London: Combustible materials used to refurbish London's Grenfell Tower were central to the catastrophic chain of events in June 2017 that turned an...

Dutch highways hit by major traffic jams in nitrogen pollution protest 30 Oct 2019 - 11:15 am

AMSTERDAM: Hundreds of kilometres of Dutch highways were clogged with traffic jams on Wednesday when construction workers drove trucks, diggers and cranes to...

UK lawmakers set to back early election but haggle over date 29 Oct 2019 - 09:45 pm

LONDON: After months of stalemate in Parliament, Britain appeared on course Tuesday for an early general election that could break the country's political...

UK truck deaths cast spotlight on global trade in humans 29 Oct 2019 - 07:48 pm

LONDON: The discovery of 39 bodies in a truck in London last week cast a spotlight on the global trade in human beings...

At Paris' Orly airport, a daily duel between customs and Guiana drug mules 29 Oct 2019 - 07:47 pm

Orly, France: Every day they come. Drug mules from French Guiana in South America, carrying cocaine in their luggage or their stomachs, playing...

Britain spins towards Christmas election in bid to break Brexit deadlock 29 Oct 2019 - 06:51 pm

LONDON: Britain was heading towards its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's bet on breaking the Brexit...