A strong earthquake measuring 5.8 shook Greece's largest island Crete on Monday and one person was killed when a church dome collapsed, authorities said.

In a first in Europe, women hold more than half of the seats in Iceland’s new parliament, final election results showed yesterday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called Saturday on the United States to take a more active approach to help resume stalled talks aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal.

Police in Britain investiga-ting the murder of Sabina Nessa, a 28-year-old British-Bangladeshi teacher who was found dead in a southeast London park last weekend, said they arrested a 38-year-old man yesterday.

Germans went to the polls on Sunday in a national election too close to call, with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) mounting a strong challenge to retiring Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.

Hundreds of people gathered in southeast London on Friday night at a vigil for Sabina Nessa, a 28-year-old British-Bangladeshi teacher who was found dead in a park, the latest case to spark public concern about women’s safety.

Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday urged Germans to give her would-be successor Armin Laschet the vote to shape Germany’s

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday urged Germans to give her would-be successor Armin Laschet the vote to shape Germany's future, in a last-ditch push to shore up his beleaguered campaign 24 hours before Germans vote. All throughout his campaign, the conservative candidate had to build up popularity to face his left-wing opponent Olaf Scholz.

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday recommended the synthetic antibody treatment Regeneron for Covid-19, but only in patients with specific health profiles.

The United Nations chief yesterday called for the world to redouble its renewable energy efforts to avert a climate emergency and address global energy poverty.

Some EU Member States have observed malicious cyber activities, collectively designated as ‘Ghostwriter’, and associated these with the Russian state.” 

The first eight months of the year saw 785 migrants die trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands, more than double than in the same period of 2020, a UN agency said yesterday.

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un yesterday said it was “admirable” of the South to propose a formal end to the Korean War but demanded Seoul first drop its “hostile policies” towards Pyongyang.

Five climbers died after a blizzard on Mount Elbrus, Russia’s emergencies ministry said yesterday, in one of the worst tragedies in recent years on Europe’s highest peak.

Britain yesterday sought to turn a page with France after a cross-continental diplomatic crisis centred on alleged perfidy over a submarine contract with Australia.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said yesterday the country should aim for a 90%-plus rate of inoculation, and could drop strict coronavirus lockdown measures once enough people were vaccinated.

Humanity needs to “grow up” and deal with the issue of climate change, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told France on Wednesday to get a grip and give allies in the United States and Australia a break over a row about a trilateral nuclear submarine deal that tore up a separate French contract.

European allies rallied cautiously around France on Tuesday after the US and Australian decision to strip Paris of a submarine supply contract, but some warned the dispute should not torpedo trade talks.

We plan to present the Paris climate agreement to our parliament’s approval next month...Unlike the past, this time no one has the right to say: I am powerful, I do not pay the bill. Because climate change treats mankind quite fairly.