World / Europe

Biden sees risk of Russian cyberattack on U.S. as sanctions bite 22 Mar 2022 - 10:15 am

President Joe Biden warned yesterday about new indications of possible Russian cyberattacks, pumping up the volume on weeks of growing concern about a...

Zelenskyy to address Japanese parliament 22 Mar 2022 - 08:55 am

TOKYO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to virtually deliver his address to the Japanese parliament on Wednesday to rally international support for...

British police begin interviews over lockdown Downing Street party investigation 21 Mar 2022 - 08:02 pm

LONDON- Police have begun to interview witnesses as part of their investigation into alleged breaches of lockdown rules at gatherings in British Prime...

Russia says Kyiv shopping centre it hit was storing Ukrainian rockets 21 Mar 2022 - 07:34 pm

LONDON- Russia said on Monday it had used high-precision long-range rockets on a shopping centre which the Russian military said was being used...

Kyiv mayor says stricter curfew imposed due to shelling threat 21 Mar 2022 - 07:30 pm

LVIV, Ukraine- The mayor of Kyiv said on Monday a new, longer curfew was being introduced in the Ukrainian capital because the authorities...

Nearly 6.5 mln displaced by war inside Ukraine - IOM 21 Mar 2022 - 07:21 pm

GENEVA- The U.N. migration agency said on Monday that nearly 6.5 million people had been displaced in Ukraine as a direct result of...

France's COVID-19 infections spike week-on-week following easing of restrictions 21 Mar 2022 - 04:00 pm

PARIS: France reported an average of close to 90,000 new coronavirus infections over the last seven days, marking a 36% rise from one...

Security staff at 8 German airports to strike on Tuesday 21 Mar 2022 - 03:57 pm

BERLIN:A union has called on security staff at eight German airports, including Frankfurt, to walk off their jobs all day Tuesday in a...

David Beckham hands over Instagram account to Kharkiv doctor 21 Mar 2022 - 03:22 pm

LONDON: Former England soccer captain David Beckham handed over his Instagram account on Sunday to a doctor helping women give birth in the...

Greece: 3 missing in blast at dynamite factory 21 Mar 2022 - 03:18 pm

ATHENS, Greece: Three factory workers have been reported missing following a powerful explosion at a commercial dynamite factory in northern Greece, while one...

Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol 21 Mar 2022 - 02:48 pm

LVIV, Ukraine:Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags Monday in exchange...

About 25,000 Ukrainian refugees have reached Spain so far, says minister 21 Mar 2022 - 12:44 pm

About 25,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Spain since Russia launched its invasion on Feb. 24, though only 9,000 of them have registered so...

Ammonia leak in east Ukraine city contained 21 Mar 2022 - 11:43 am

LVIV, Ukraine: Emergency officials have contained an ammonia leak at a chemical plant that contaminated wide area in the eastern Ukrainian city of...

Nearly 90 small earthquakes hit Portugal's Azores island of Sao Jorge 21 Mar 2022 - 01:01 am

LISBON- Authorities in Portugal's Azores archipelago have been placed on alert after nearly 90 small earthquakes hit the mid-Atlantic volcanic island of Sao...

Mariupol, under heavy bombardment, buries its dead by roadside 21 Mar 2022 - 12:57 am

MARIUPOL, Ukraine -Andrei is busy burying dead neighbours in a makeshift grave by the roadside, opposite a bombed-out apartment block. Natalia wonders whether...

Russian navy commander killed in Ukraine 20 Mar 2022 - 09:28 pm

A senior naval commander in Russia's Black Sea Fleet has been killed in Ukraine, the governor of Sevastopol said on Sunday. Post-Captain Andrei...

Berlin concert draws 10,000 in solidarity with Ukraine 20 Mar 2022 - 08:44 pm

FRANKFURT- Some 10,000 people attended a concert in solidarity with Ukraine in Berlin on Sunday, police said, with the crowd waving Ukrainian flags...