World / Europe

France recalls contaminated Olympic water bottles 20 Jul 2024 - 01:21 pm

Paris: French authorities have recalled Olympics-branded water bottles for children containing excessive levels of endocrine disruptor Bisphenol A, a week ahead of the...

UK village fights to turn back tide of climate change 20 Jul 2024 - 12:58 pm

Hemsby, United Kingdom: Kevin Jordan thought he would spend his retirement listening to the sound of the sea at his home on the...

Turkish Defense Ministry: 15 militants eliminated in Northern Syria and Iraq 19 Jul 2024 - 09:50 pm

Ankara: Turkish Ministry of Defense announced Friday the elimination of 15 militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) organization in northern Syria and...

'It's unbearable': heatwaves scorch southern and eastern Europe 19 Jul 2024 - 06:45 pm

Paris: Unrelenting heat is blanketing swathes of southern and eastern Europe, with dozens of cities on red alert as scorching temperatures fuel wildfires,...

Paris Olympics says operations 'running normally' after IT outage 19 Jul 2024 - 06:16 pm

Paris: The Paris Olympics organising committee said Friday that its operations were "now running normally" following a global IT outage which affected some...

Adidas drops Bella Hadid from campaign over Gaza controversy 19 Jul 2024 - 06:07 pm

Berlin: Adidas said on Friday it had dropped vocal pro-Palestinian model Bella Hadid from an advertising campaign for retro sneakers referencing the 1972...

Paris knife attacker suspected of killing teenager 19 Jul 2024 - 01:40 pm

Nanterre, France: A knifeman who stabbed a French police officer near the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris is suspected of having killed a 16-year-old...

Outage 'affecting IT operations': Paris Olympics organisers 19 Jul 2024 - 12:52 pm

Paris: Paris Olympics organisers said on Friday they were experiencing problems linked with a major worldwide computer systems outage, a week before the...

Berlin airport among casualties as IT outage hits Germany 19 Jul 2024 - 12:47 pm

Berlin: Flights were temporarily suspended at Berlin airport Friday as a global IT outage hit Germany, with problems also reported at other airports,...

'No evidence' global IT outage is cyberattack: France 19 Jul 2024 - 12:17 pm

Paris: There is no evidence that a global IT outage affecting airlines, banks, media and other business was caused by a cyberattack, France's...

Starmer at summit tells Europe: 'Britain is back' 18 Jul 2024 - 11:31 pm

Woodstock, United Kingdom: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday pledged to strengthen ties with European allies on security and illegal migration, insisting...

UK adds 11 designations to Russia sanctions list 18 Jul 2024 - 10:47 pm

London: Britain added 11 new shipping sanctions under its Russia sanctions regime related to the war in Ukraine, an official notice showed on...

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen wins new term 18 Jul 2024 - 04:04 pm

Strasbourg, France: EU lawmakers on Thursday handed Ursula von der Leyen another five-year term as European Commission president during their first parliamentary session...

Arson suspected in fire that killed 7 in France 18 Jul 2024 - 02:10 pm

Nice, France: An apartment building blaze early Thursday killed seven people in the southern French city of Nice and police were investigating the...

German police detain a suspected stalker ahead of a Taylor Swift concert 18 Jul 2024 - 12:04 pm

Berlin: German police said Thursday that they detained a man suspected of stalking Taylor Swift ahead of the first of three shows by...

Russia says it's ready to work with any US leader 17 Jul 2024 - 11:08 pm

United Nations, United States: Russia is prepared to work with any US president who is open to dialogue, its foreign minister said Wednesday....

Fires cause hours-long shutdown of major Greece- North Macedonian border crossing 17 Jul 2024 - 09:39 pm

Skopje, Republic of NorthMacedonia: Wildfires on Wednesday forced a major border crossing between Greece and NorthMacedoniathat is popular with tourists to be closed...