More than 200 environmental activists were murdered last year as government-sponsored killings linked to lucrative projects by vast

The number of dead from a fire which ripped through a Greek coastal town reached at least 81 yesterday as frantic relatives tried to track down people missing from the inferno and officials began the grim task of identifying bodies.

The race starter stands up and shouts: “Ready, steady, slow!” The crowd cheers, but the competitors remain stuck at the start line. Welcome to the world snail racing championship.

Prime Minister Theresa May's plans to leave the European Union are overwhelmingly opposed by the British public and more than a third

Nine people were injured in a knife attack on a bus by "a 34-year-old German citizen of Iranian origin" German officials said, although

The most damaging scandal of Emmanuel Macron's presidency deepened yesterday as his interior minister faces a grilling over his response to a top security aide caught on video striking a young man at a Paris protest in May.

Meetings between the US and Russian presidents should become the "normality", German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday, adding that it is "good for all" that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin plan new talks.

British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday called on the European Union to strike a new deal to prevent a hard border in Northern Ireland and demanded Brussels quickly respond to her plan to avoid a damaging no-deal Brexit.

The European Union's migrant strategy suffered a major new setback yesterday with Italy refusing to freely accept people rescued at sea and Libya spurning a proposal for asylum processing centres.

A Spanish judge yesterday dropped European and international arrest warrants for deposed Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and other separatist leaders who fled abroad, the Supreme Court said, which means they no longer face extradition.

A British man was found guilty of a plot to kill Prime Minister Theresa May by first detonating an explosive device to get into her Downing Street office and then using a knife or a gun to attack her.

At least 19 refugees were drowned and around 30 missing yesterday after their boat sank in the Mediterranean off the north of Cyprus, Turkish state media reports said.

The European Union yesterday slapped Google with a huge 4.34-billion-euro fine for abusing the dominance of its Android operating system in the biggest antitrust penalty in the bloc's history.

British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a battle in parliament yesterday, with pro-EU lawmakers hoping to influence her plans to leave the European Union a day after she bowed to demands from Brexit campaigners.

Russia was the target of almost 25 million cyber-attacks during the World Cup, President Vladimir Putin said, though he did not indicate who may have been behind the attacks.

EU leaders and top diplomats urged US President Donald Trump to protect the world order at his summit yesterday with Vladimir Putin and dismissed his assertion that Europe was a US trade foe.

Washington will not budge on its decision to impose fresh sanctions on corporations operating in Iran, despite a European request for exemption, the Financial Times reported yesterday.

British Prime Minister Theresa May drew fire from all sides yesterday over her Brexit strategy as a former minister described it as a "fudge" and called for a second EU referendum while eurosceptics readied a parliamentary challenge.

US President Donald Trump told British Prime Minister Theresa May she should sue the European Union rather than negotiate with them, she said yesterday.

British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday warned her divided party that there may be "no Brexit at all" if they wrecked her plan to forge a close relationship with the European Union after leaving the world's biggest trading bloc.