World / Europe

Merkel eases German migrant row with EU accords 29 Jun 2018 - 06:53 pm

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel sealed key deals with EU partners on stemming migrant flows Friday, in a crucial breakthrough ahead of a...

Portugal's Vitorino beats Trump pick to lead UN migration agency 29 Jun 2018 - 06:48 pm

Geneva: Decades of American leadership at the United Nations migration agency was broken on Friday as voters rejected President Donald Trump's nominee for...

Before summit, Merkel calls migration "make or break" for Europe 28 Jun 2018 - 02:48 pm

BRUSSELS: Under severe pressure from conservative allies at home, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on European leaders on Thursday to forge a common...

Georgia bars Syrian airlines from crossing its airspace 27 Jun 2018 - 02:56 pm

TBILISI: Georgia has denied two Syrian airlines access to its airspace in retaliation for Damascus recognising the statehood of two Georgian breakaway regions...

Swiss government rejects proposed burqa ban 27 Jun 2018 - 02:31 pm

ZURICH: The Swiss government opposed on Wednesday a grassroots campaign for a nationwide ban on facial coverings in public that will prompt a...

France turning away more and more migrants: Report 27 Jun 2018 - 01:52 pm

PARIS: The number of migrants not admitted at the French borders, in particular in the Alps, rose sharply from 2015 to 2017, from...

Three migrants killed, seven injured in northern Greece car crash 27 Jun 2018 - 01:23 pm

ATHENS: Three migrants were killed and seven injured on Wednesday when a van carrying them veered off course and overturned in northern Greece,...

Putin to host Trump advisor Bolton Wednesday 27 Jun 2018 - 01:06 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin will host US National Security Advisor John Bolton for talks Wednesday aimed at laying the groundwork for a...

Germany probes 21 deaths linked to poisoned sandwich case 27 Jun 2018 - 12:42 pm

BERLIN: Police in Germany are investigating the premature deaths of 21 people going back to the year 2000, following the arrest of a...

Ukraine says Russia hackers laying groundwork for massive strike 26 Jun 2018 - 05:40 pm

KIEV: Hackers from Russia are infecting Ukrainian companies with malware to create so-called 'back doors' for a large coordinated attack, Ukraine's cyber police...

Brexit bill becomes law, allowing UK to leave the EU 26 Jun 2018 - 05:22 pm

London: A bill enacting Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has become law after months of debate, the House of Commons speaker...

Stranded migrant rescue ship to dock in Malta: Italy 26 Jun 2018 - 05:07 pm

Rome: A rescue ship stranded in the Mediterranean with more than 200 migrants on board will finally dock in Malta, Italy said Tuesday,...

Passenger train derails in Austria, 3 seriously injured 26 Jun 2018 - 02:31 pm

BERLIN: A passenger train derailed on a local railway in Austria on Tuesday, leaving two carriages lying on their side and three people...

Macedonian president refuses to sign off on change of name 26 Jun 2018 - 11:53 am

SKOPJE, Macedonia: Macedonia's president has fulfilled his threat to not sign off on a deal with neighboring Greece for his country to change...

Van driven into front of Dutch daily De Telegraaf's head office 26 Jun 2018 - 10:49 am

AMSTERDAM, The head office of the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf was hit by a delivery van in the small hours of Tuesday in...

Passenger train derails in Austria, 2 seriously injured 26 Jun 2018 - 10:26 am

BERLIN: A passenger train derailed on a local railway in Austria on Tuesday, leaving two carriages lying on their side and two people...

UK lawmakers approve big expansion for Heathrow Airport 26 Jun 2018 - 10:00 am

London: Parliament approved plans to make Europe's biggest airport even bigger, backing on Monday what the government described as the most important transportation...