Stay in EU, Obama urges during UK visit

Barack Obama urges the UK to stick with the EU, as he starts his final trip to Britain as US president by having lunch with the Queen.
22 April 2016

Germanwings crash: Pilot confidentiality 'should be relaxed'

French investigators calls for medical confidentiality to be relaxed for pilots, in the wake of last year's Germanwings disaster.
13 March 2016

One in coma after clinical trial in France

A clinical trial of a new drug in France leaves one person brain-dead and another five people in hospital, the health minister says.
15 January 2016

Paris attacks: Eyewitness accounts

Dozens of people have been killed in multiple gun attacks in Paris and a hostage-taking situation. Here are some accounts from witnesses in the city:
14 November 2015

Sweden in shock over deadly school attack

Sweden has reacted with shock to the killing of a teacher and pupil at a school in the west of the country, near Gothenburg, by a sword-wielding man.
23 October 2015

London mosque fire: 70 firefighters tackle blaze

A fire has broken out at a mosque in south London.
26 September 2015

Men claiming discovery of Nazi 'gold train' go public

Two treasure hunters claiming to have discovered a Nazi "gold train" went public for the first time but failed to reveal evidence for the alleged.
4 September 2015

Wreckage of Soviet WWII plane recovered from riverbed in Poland (video)

The wreckage of a World War II Soviet plane and the remains of two crew members have been retrieved in Poland.
26 August 2015

Belgian WWII nurse who helped save many US troops dies

A Belgian nurse who helped save hundreds of American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge at the end of World War II has died.
26 August 2015

Men claim to find Nazi train loaded with treasure in Poland

Two men in Poland claim they have found a legendary Nazi train that according to local lore was loaded with gold, gems and valuable art.
20 August 2015

Bulls kill seven at Spain summer festivals

Bulls gore seven people to death during festivals across Spain since the beginning of July.
17 August 2015

40 migrants die in Mediterranean (video)

At least 40 migrants have died after apparently getting trapped and suffocating in the water-logged hold of a boat in the Mediterranean.
15 August 2015

Turkish troops killed in 'Kurdish PKK suicide blast'

Two Turkish security troops are killed and 31 wounded in a suicide attack by Kurdish PKK militants, the regional governor's office says.
2 August 2015

Volkswagen overtakes Toyota in sales

Germany's Volkswagen becomes the world's biggest-selling vehicle maker in the first half of the year, overtaking Toyota for the first time.
28 July 2015

Suruc massacre: Turkey suicide bombing suspect identified

A suspect is identified in connection with the suicide bomb attack that killed 32 young activists in Turkey, the country's prime minister has says.
21 July 2015

Poroshenko faces new security crisis

President Petro Poroshenko confronted a fresh crisis yesterday as a deadly standoff continued between interior ministry units and
13 July 2015

Take a selfie with Kim Kardashian!

Madame Tussauds London reveals the newest addition to their waxwork line up, which takes the form of none other than a selfie-taking Kim Kardashian, reports Mashable.
11 July 2015

'British Schindler' Sir Nicholas Winton dies aged 106

Sir Nicholas Winton, organiser of the rescue of 669 children from Nazi concentration camps dies aged 106.
1 July 2015

France beheading attack: Suspect sent selfie with head

The man suspected of an attack on a factory in France has sent a selfie posing with the severed head of the victim.
28 June 2015

EU agrees to relocate 40,000 migrants

EU leaders holding late-night talks in Brussels have agreed to relocate tens of thousands of migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece.
26 June 2015